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Authors would like to thank Gianluca Marangi for excellent nursing and Claudio Salvadori for laboratory assistance.

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  1. Unit of Neurology and Neurometabolic Disorders, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

    Andrea Mignarri, Alessandro Malandrini, Federica Ginanneschi, Antonio Federico & Maria Teresa Dotti

  2. Department of Health Sciences, Medical School, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy

    Marina Del Puppo & Alessandro Magni

  3. Unit of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Neuroradiology, Azienda Ospedaliera Siena, Siena, Italy

    Lucia Monti

  4. Unit of Molecular Medicine, IRCCS Stella Maris, Pisa, Italy

    Alessandra Tessa & Filippo Maria Santorelli

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Mignarri, A., Malandrini, A., Del Puppo, M. et al. Treatment of SPG5 with cholesterol-lowering drugs. J Neurol 262, 2783–2785 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-015-7971-5

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