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Information from around the world taken from Clinical Trials, Research literature and News feeds relevant to the Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia community, sorted for you by the following categories: HSP Clinical Trials, HSP Research, People with HSP in the News, HSP Research 2, HSP Info..

HSP Clinical Trials
- EU Clinical Trials Register
  Clinical Trials - Muckle Wells, 2011-05-04 00:00:00
  
  Search for completed and ongoing HSP Clinical Trials in Europe here.

HSP Info.
- A journey to HSP/FSP?
  Google BlogSearch, 2012-02-05 00:00:00
  
  This blog records my possible journey to Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP, also known as Familial Spastic Paraplegia or FSP). When my wife became pregnant we decided to find out if I had inherited HSP to know if there was a chance that our child could have it. That sets the scene...
- Movement disorder virtual University: HSP
  Google BlogSearch, 2012-01-05 00:00:00
  
  This link has information which can be given to doctors who need to know more about HSP, and also where there are additional resources and research.

HSP Research
- NIPA1 mutation in complex hereditary spastic paraplegia with epilepsy
  Recent scientific publications, 2011-05-24 00:00:00
  
  Background and purpose: Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is a group of clinically and genetically heterogeneous neurodegenerative disorders characterized in the 'pure' phenotype by progressive spasticity and weakness of the...
- Cellular distribution and subcellular localization of spatacsin and spastizin, two proteins involved in hereditary spastic paraplegia.
  Recent scientific publications, 2011-05-09 00:00:00
  
  Abstract
  Truncating mutations in the SPG11 and SPG15 genes cause complicated spastic paraplegia, severe neurological conditions due to loss of the functions of spatacsin and spastizin, respectively. We developed specific polyclonal anti-spatacsin (SPG11) and anti-spastizin (SPG15) antisera, which we then used to explore the intracellular and...
- Adequate dose of intrathecal baclofen therapy for spasticity
  Recent scientific publications, 2011-05-04 00:00:00
  
  Compared with pretreatment values, there was an improvement in clinical efficacy, but the baclofen dose needed for hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) was significantly smaller than that in other diseases....

HSP Research 2
- Novel crystalloid oligodendrogliopathy in hereditary spastic paraplegia
  Google BlogSearch, 2012-03-29 00:00:00
  
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- Thinning of the Corpus Callosum and Cerebellar Atrophy is Correlated with Phenotypic Severity in a Family with Spastic Paraplegia Type 11.
  Google BlogSearch, 2011-07-25 00:00:00
  
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People with HSP in the News
- Paraparesi Spastiche Ereditarie, primo Congresso Europeo
  Google BlogSearch, 2011-07-04 00:00:00
  
  Un successo: con questa parola possiamo descrivere il 1° Congresso Europeo sulle Paraparesi Spastiche Ereditarie tenutosi a Burgos, in Spagna, presso il CREER, centro di riferimento per le malattie rare, per i malati e le loro famiglie...
- Nerve disorder doesn't slow down man
  Google BlogSearch, 2011-06-21 00:00:00
  
  Spencer, of Frederick, is a scientist who works in biochemical research at Life Technologies in Frederick. So when he was diagnosed with primary lateral sclerosis more than a decade ago, he learned all he could about the disorder.
- Disabled people struggle to find accessible housing
  Google BlogSearch, 2011-05-04 00:00:00
  
  Wheels, 48, has a rare disease called hereditary spastic paraplegia and uses a wheelchair to get around. A significant issue facing many disabled people her age is that they do not have family to rely on for housing and do not have anywhere to live