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Heredity Spastic Paraplegia Case Study
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Heredity spastic paraplegia (Strumpell-Lorrain disease) is uncommon disease. Many people never hear the name most signs people have start with difficultly with balance, stumbling, stripping on a straight walk. Symptoms muscle weakness, abnormal gait or difficulty walking. Usual test to rule other diseases starts with MRI. There are treatments but no cure for the disease.

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