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Compound heterozygosity in the GALC gene in a late onset Iranian patient with spastic paraparesis, peripheral neuropathy and leukoencephalopathy

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  1. Liana Africa, Maria Margollicci, Simona Salvatore, and Bita Shalbafan equally contributed in this work.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, Medical School, University of Siena, Viale Bracci 2, 53100, Siena, Italy

    Liana Africa, Simona Salvatore & Antonio Federico

  2. Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, Medical School, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

    Maria Margollicci & Vincenzo Sorrentino

  3. Iranian social security Organization, Tehran, Iran

    Bita Shalbafan

  4. Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, Medical School, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

    Luana Peruzzi

  5. Headache Department, Iranian Center for Neurological Research, Neuroscience Institute and Neurology Department, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Mansoureh Togha

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Africa, L., Margollicci, M., Salvatore, S. et al. Compound heterozygosity in the GALC gene in a late onset Iranian patient with spastic paraparesis, peripheral neuropathy and leukoencephalopathy. Neurol Sci 38, 1721–1722 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-017-2986-6

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