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Neurology · Neurology / Movement disorders; Neurogenetics Hereditary spastic paraplegia type 21
Also known as: Mast syndrome; SPG21
Recessive HSP with dementia, thin corpus callosum.
- Medical specialty
- Neurology
- Subspecialty
- Neurology / Movement disorders; Neurogenetics
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected equally; Children: onset in adolescence to adult
- Gene(s) involved
- SPG21
Etiology & mechanism
Maspardin (ACP33) mutations.
Gene(s) involved (1)
SPG21
Symptoms & signs (3)
ataxiadementiaspastic paraparesis