spastic
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By analyzing 2,811 people with ataxia, hereditary spastic paraplegia, and dystonia, scientists identified harmful variants in a gene called CD99L2 as the cause of X-linked spastic ataxia.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 13, 2026
Mr Somerset-How, 40, has spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy, is partially blind and requires 24-hour care.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2023
The most common type is spastic diplegia, which Diviney is diagnosed with.
From Reuters ● Mar. 3, 2023
Ellingen, 37, has athetoid spastic cerebral palsy because of complications at birth.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2022
It covered half the distance from the crest of the hill to our fire in a single, spastic burst of speed.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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