Friday, December 8, 2023

Clinical stage and plasma neurofilament concentration in adults with Friedreich ataxia

Magnus Johnsson, Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow, Christopher Lindberg, Clinical stage and plasma neurofilament concentration in adults with Friedreich ataxia, Heliyon, 2023, e23347, ISSN 2405-8440, doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e23347. 

(Last) Magnus Johnsson, Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow, Christopher Lindberg, Clinical stage and plasma neurofilament concentration in adults with Friedreich ataxia, Heliyon, Volume 10, Issue 1, 2024, e23347, ISSN 2405-8440, doi.:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e23347.

FRDA is less prevalent in our region of Sweden than could be assumed. In concordance with previous studies from other authors, we find that p-NfL may be increased in patients with FRDA, but less so in older more clinically affected patients. Thus, we conclude that on an individual basis, p-NFL is of uncertain clinical value as a suitable biomarker.