Conditions / Genetic

hereditary spastic paraplegia 88

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A hereditary spastic paraplegia characterized by infantile or early childhood onset of lower limb spasticity that slowly progresses with variable severity that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in the KPNA3 gene on chromosome 13q14.2.

Signs and symptoms

  • Muscle stiffness
  • Delayed ability to walk
  • Babinski sign
  • Lower limb hyperreflexia
  • Lower limb spasticity
  • Motor delay
  • Lower limb muscle weakness
  • Unsteady gait
  • Delayed speech and language development
  • Sensory ataxia

Also known as: SPG88; autosomal dominant spastic paraplegia 88