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hereditary spastic paraplegia 86

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A hereditary spastic paraplegia characterized by early childhood onset of global developmental delay and early-onset progressive spasticity mainly affecting the lower limbs but also affecting the upper lmbs that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound het

A hereditary spastic paraplegia characterized by early childhood onset of global developmental delay and early-onset progressive spasticity mainly affecting the lower limbs but also affecting the upper lmbs that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the ABHD16A gene on chromosome 6p21.33.

Signs and symptoms

  • Inability to walk
  • Absent speech
  • Global developmental delay
  • Periventricular white matter hyperintensities
  • Thin corpus callosum
  • Spastic paraplegia
  • Intellectual disability
  • Hyperreflexia
  • Distal muscle weakness
  • Babinski sign

Also known as: SPG86; spastic paraplegia 86 autosomal recessive