Alternative titles and symbols : Kjellin syndrome; Spastic paraplegia and retinal degeneration;
Description : Spastic paraplegia-15 is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder characterized
by progressive spasticity primarily affecting the lower limbs. It is a complex form
of spastic paraplegia, associated with other neurologic dysfunction, including variable
mental retardation, hearing and visual defects, and thin corpus callosum (summary
by Goizet et al., 2009).;
Inheritance : Autosomal recessive;
Molecular basis : Caused by mutation in the zinc finger FYVE domain-containing protein 26 (ZFYVE26,
612012.0001).;