Lower medulla hypoplasia in Friedreich ataxia: MR Imaging confirmation 140 years later

Mario Mascalchi, Andrea Bianchi, Stefano Ciulli, Andrea Ginestroni, Marco Aiello, Maria Teresa Dotti, Fabrizio Salvi, Emanuele Nicolai, Andrea Soricelli, Stefano Diciotti; Neurol (2017). doi:10.1007/s00415-017-8542-8 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-017-8542-8

Hence ataxia in the disease described by Friedreich may be due to two components: a mal-developmental one affecting spinal cord and medulla and a superimposed degenerative one affecting the cerebellar dentate.