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Research Highlights

Spinal cord shrinkage with HSP

Degree of shrinkage varies with type of HSP

HSP in Korean patients

Higher frequency of SPG4 and 7 new mutations identified

Genetic model for HSP suggests new treatment

Drugs that stabilize microtubule activity

Prenatal diagnosis of HSP

Direct foetal gene analysis successful

Spectrum of SPG4 mutations defined

Proportion of carriers without symptoms while others unaware of them

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Welcome to the HSP Research Foundation - created in 2005 to find a cure for Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia - an inherited, degenerative disease affecting mainly the legs, causing muscle weakness, spasticity and severely impairing walking. Read more »

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