Hereditary diseases with predominantly affecting pyramidal pathways — spastic paraplegia (clinical lecture)

Assoc. prof. O.L. Tondiy¹, prof. O. Yu. Sukhonosova¹, assoc. prof. S.M. Korenev¹, doctor O.V. Kunta²

¹Educational and Scientific Institute of Postgraduate Education of Kharkiv National Medical University, Department of Neurology and Pediatric Neurology

²Municipal Institution of the Lviv Regional Council «Educational and Rehabilitation Center “Levenya”»

The article summarizes the issues of modern classification, clinical course, manifestations, diagnostics and symptomatic treatment of hereditary diseases with predominant damage to the pyramidal tracts at the level of the spinal cord — spastic paraplegias

Key words: hereditary spastic paraplegias

https://doi.org/10.15407/internalmed2025.01.107

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Тондій О.Л., Сухоносова О.Ю., Коренєв С.М., Кунта О.В. Спадкові захворювання з переважним ураженням пірамідних шляхів — спастичні параплегії (клінічна лекція)/Східноєвропейський журнал внутрішньої та сімейної медицини. – 2025. – № 1. – С. 107-117. doi.org/10.15407/internalmed2025.01.107

Tondiy OL, Sukhonosova O Yu, Korenev SM, Kunta OV. Hereditary diseases with predominantly affecting pyramidal pathways — spastic paraplegia (clinical lecture). Shidnoevropejskij Zurnal Vnutrisnoi Ta Simejnoi Medicini. 2025(1):107-117. doi.org/10.15407/internalmed2025.01.107

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