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Autosomal spastic paraplegia type 58
Disease definition
A rare, complex subtype of hereditary spastic paraplegia characterized by variable onset of slowly progressive lower limb spasticity and weakness and prominent cerebellar ataxia, associated with gait disturbances, dysarthria, increased deep tendon reflexes and extensor plantar responses. Additional features may include involuntary movements (i.e. clonus, tremor, fasciculations, chorea), decreased vibration sense, oculomotor abnormalities (e.g. nystagmus) and distal amyotrophy in the upper and lower limbs.
ORPHA:397946
Classification level: Disorder- Synonym(s):
- Autosomal spastic ataxia type 2
- SPAX2
- SPG58
- Prevalence: <1 / 1 000 000
- Inheritance: Autosomal dominant or Autosomal recessive
- Age of onset: Childhood, Adolescent, Adult, Elderly, Infancy
- ICD-10: G11.4
- OMIM: 611302
- UMLS: C1969796
- MeSH: -
- GARD: -
- MedDRA: -
A summary on this disease is available in Deutsch (2018) Español (2018) Français (2018) Italiano (2018) Nederlands (2018) Polski ()
Detailed information
General public
- Article for general public
- Français (2015, pdf) - Fondation Groupama
- Svenska (2020) - Socialstyrelsen
Disease review articles
- Clinical genetics review
- English (2022) - GeneReviews
Disability
- Disability factsheet
- Français (2018, pdf) - Orphanet


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