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Drosophila melanogaster Models of Friedreich's Ataxia.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2018
Calap-Quintana P, Navarro J A, González-Fernández J, Martínez-Sebastián M J, Moltó M D, Llorens J V
Abstract excerpt
Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA) is a rare inherited recessive disorder affecting the central and peripheral nervous systems and other extraneural organs such as the heart and pancreas. This incapacitating condition usually manifests in childhood or adolescence, exhibits an irreversible progression that confines the patient to a wheelchair, and leads to early death. FRDA is caused by a reduced level of the...
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