Article
Friedreich ataxia: the clinical picture.
Journal of neurology - 1 Mar 2009
Pandolfo Massimo
Abstract excerpt
Friedreich ataxia (FRDA) is a rare autosomal recessive hereditary disorder that affects approximately 1 in 50,000 Caucasians. It is caused by hyperexpansion of GAA repeats in the first intron of the frataxin gene. Initial symptoms of FRDA usually appear around the beginning of the second decade o...
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