Saturday, June 27, 2009

Comparison of three clinical rating scales in Friedreich ataxia (FRDA)

Movement Disorders

Katrin Bürk, MD 1 2 *, Ulrike Mälzig, MD 1, Stefanie Wolf, PhD 1, Suzette Heck, MD 3, Konstantinos Dimitriadis, MD 3, Tanja Schmitz-Hübsch, MD 4, Sascha Hering, MD 5, Tobias M. Lindig, MD 6, Verena Haug, MD 7, Dagmar Timmann, MD 8, Ingrid Degen, MD 9, Bernd Kruse, MD 10, Jan-Markus Dörr, MD 11, Susanne Ratzka, MD 1, Anja Ivo, MD 4, Ludger Schöls, MD 6, Sylvia Boesch, MD 5, Thomas Klockgether, MD 4, Thomas Klopstock, MD 3, Jörg B. Schulz, MD 1
1Department of Neurodegeneration and Restorative Research, Centers of Molecular Physiology of the Brain and Neurological Medicine, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
2Department of Neurology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
3Department of Neurology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
4Department of Neurology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
5Department of Neurology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
6Department of Neurodegeneration and Hertie-Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
7Department of Neuropediatrics, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
8Department of Neurology, University of Essen, Essen, Germany
9Department of Neuropediatrics, Sankt Elisabeth Krankenhaus, Neuwied, Germany
10Department of Neuropediatrics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
11Department of Neurology, Helios-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany
email: Katrin Bürk (buerk@ngi.de)

*Correspondence to Katrin Bürk, Department of Neurodegeneration and Restorative Research, Center of Molecular Physiology of the Brain and Center of Neurological Medicine, University of Göttingen, Waldweg 33, Göttingen D-37073, Germany

Keywords: Friedreich ataxia • clinical rating scales • validation • SARA • ICARS • FARS

No comments:

Post a Comment