Friedreich's Ataxia
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Friedreich's ataxia is an inherited disease that damages your nervous system. The damage affects your spinal cord and the nerves that control muscle movement in your arms and legs. Symptoms usually begin between the ages of 5 and 15. The main symptom is ataxia, which means trouble coordinating movements. Specific symptoms include
- Difficulty walking
- Muscle weakness
- Speech problems
- Involuntary eye movements
- Scoliosis
- Heart palpitations
People with Friedreich's ataxia usually need a wheelchair 15 to 20 years after symptoms first appear. In severe cases, people become incapacitated. There is no cure. You can treat symptoms with medicines, braces, surgery and physical therapy.
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Neurology Article | Friedreich Ataxia
mdlinx.com — “Correlation of frataxin content in blood and skeletal muscle endorses frataxin as a biomarker in Friedreich ataxia” View full resource at mdlinx.com
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Friedreich Ataxia: eMedicine Neurology
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Friedreich ataxia (FA, FRDA, FRIEDREICH ATAXIA 1, OMIM# *229300) is an autosomal recessive ataxia resulting from a mutation of a gene locus on chromosome 9. It was first described in 1863 by Nikolaus Friedreich, a professor ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
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Mechanism For Potential Friedreich's Ataxia Drug Uncovered
medicalnewstoday.com — “Using clever chemistry, a Scripps Research team has pinpointed the enzyme target of a drug group that stops the progression of the devastating disease Friedreich's ataxia in mice and may do the sa” View full resource at medicalnewstoday.com
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medicalnewstoday.com — “Repligen Corporation (Nasdaq: RGEN) reported publication of research that identifies histone deacetylase 3 (HDAC 3) as an important enzyme target for therapeutic intervention in Friedreich's ataxi” View full resource at medicalnewstoday.com
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Deficiency of frataxin protein causes Friedreich's ataxia
news-medical.net — “The defective gene responsible for Friedreich's ataxia was identified over 20 years ago, but so far our ideas of how this gene causes the disease have been merely speculative. It was assumed that, as a result of the mutation, the gene could no longer be transcribed because this stretch of DNA was inaccessible. FMI Group Leader Marc Bühler and his team have now carried out experiments demonstrating that this is not the case and revealing what actually happens in Friedreich's ataxia.” View full resource at news-medical.net
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Excess DNA damage found in cells of patients with Friedreich's ataxia
physorg.com — “Elevated levels of DNA damage have for the first time been found in the cellular mitochondria and nuclei of patients with the inherited, progressive nervous system disease called Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA), says a multicenter research team led by an expert from the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute ...” View full resource at physorg.com
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Wayward DNA-repair enzyme implicated in Friedreich's ataxia
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Findings could pave way for new therapeutic approaches for Friedreich's ataxia
news-medical.net — “Elevated levels of DNA damage have for the first time been found in the cellular mitochondria and nuclei of patients with the inherited, progressive nervous system disease called Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA), says a multicenter research team led by an expert from the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI).” View full resource at news-medical.net
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