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| | UMHS News Release |
 | | An estimated 10,000 to 20,000 Americans currently have HSP, though the difficulty in diagnosing the disorders, and the lack of HSP clinics like the one Fink leads at UMHS, may mean there are more "hidden" cases misdiagnosed as familial cerebral palsy, primary lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis and even vitamin deficiencies. |
 | | Though an application of that knowledge toward treatment could be years away, it is this goal that drives the research, says Fink, an associate professor in the Department of Neurology of the U-M Medical School and a member of the Geriatrics Research, Education and Clinical Center at the Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Medical Center. |
 | | Even as the UMHS team continues with its genetic research, including a mouse model of HSP that could be used to test theories on the diseases' mechanisms, Fink and his colleagues are building on a longtime reputation as one of the world's foremost HSP clinical research, treatment and education centers. |
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