Hereditary spastic paraplegia type 39 (SPG39)

Evidence-based neurology checklist on hereditary spastic paraplegia type 39 (spg39): Genetics This is caused by mutations in the PNPLA6 gene on chromosome 19p The transmission is autosomal recessive Related gene disorders Clinical features Differential diagnosis Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)…

Genetics

  • This is caused by mutations in the PNPLA6 gene on chromosome 19p
  • The transmission is autosomal recessive

Related gene disorders

Clinical features

Differential diagnosis

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain: features

Nerve conduction studies (NCS)

References

  1. Rainier S, Bui M, Mark E, et al. Neuropathy target esterase gene mutations cause motor neuron disease. Am J Hum Genet 2008; 82:780-785.
  2. Synofzik M, Gonzalez MA, Lourenco CM, et al. PNPLA6 mutations cause Boucher-Neuhauser and Gordon Holmes syndromes as part of a broad neurodegenerative spectrum. Brain 2014; 137:69-77. 

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