Conditions / Genetic

hereditary spastic paraplegia 78

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A hereditary spastic paraplegia characterized predominantly by spasticity and muscle weakness of the lower limbs that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the ATP13A2 gene on chromosome 1p36.13.

Signs and symptoms

  • Ataxia
  • Nystagmus
  • Mental deterioration
  • Hyperreflexia
  • Dysarthria
  • Falls
  • Peripheral axonal neuropathy
  • Cerebellar atrophy
  • Babinski sign
  • Cerebral cortical atrophy

Also known as: SPG78; spastic paraplegia 78 autosomal recessive