Very-late-onset Friedreich’s ataxia: diagnosis in a kindred with late-onset cerebellar ataxia

Conor Fearon, Roisin Lonergan, Damien Ferguson, Susan Byrne, David Bradley, Yvonne Langan, Janice Redmond; Neurology 2020;20:55-58. doi:10.1136/practneurol-2019-002368

We present the clinical, imaging and genetic findings of a kindred with very-late-onset Friedreich’s ataxia and discuss the pitfalls and risk of misdiagnosis.

Very-late-onset Friedreich’s ataxia: diagnosis in a kindred with late-onset cerebellar ataxia