Case report reveals FTLD-TDP-43 pathology in childhood-onset KAND, suggesting a pathological link with motor neuron disease.
KIF1A-associated neurological disorder (KAND) is a rare hereditary condition caused by KIF1A variants, affecting axonal transport and presenting with a wide clinical spectrum, including hereditary spastic paraplegia. This case of childhood-onset KAND reveals FTLD-TDP43 with motor neuron disease pathology emerging late in the disease course, suggesting that HSP and FTLD-MND share a pathological continuum through a TDP-43-related pathway and expanding the clinicopathological spectrum of KAND.
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