Sunday, January 24, 2016

Late-onset cerebellar ataxia: Do not forget Friedreich's

Maria Stamelou MD, PhD, Movement Disorders, Volume 31, Issue 1, pages 7–8, January 2016, DOI: 10.1002/mds.26508

One should not forget that FA may present later in life with a predominant nonataxic phenotype, such as with a Huntington’s disease phenocopy. Moreover, future studies should provide larger number of patients and more detailed clinical information on further neurological signs such as cognition or autonomic function.