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Friedreich's Ataxia: Cardiac Evaluation of 25 Patients with Clinical Diagnosis and Literature Review

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2002
OBJECTIVE - Cardiac evaluation (clinical, electrocardiographic and echocardiographic) of 25 Brazilian patients with clinical diagnosis of Friedreich's ataxia (FA) related to the frequency and the size of GAA repeats (unstable expansion of trinucleotide ...
Lilian Maria José Albano, Silvana Angelina Dório Nishioka, Regina Lucia Moysés, Jaqueline Wagenführ, Débora Bertola, Sofia Mizuho Miura Sugayama, A. Kim Chong   +6 more
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Frataxin knockdown in human astrocytes triggers cell death and the release of factors that cause neuronal toxicity [PDF]

, 2015
© 2014 Elsevier Inc. Friedreich's ataxia (FA) is a recessive, predominantly neurodegenerative disorder caused in most cases by mutations in the first intron of the frataxin (FXN) gene.
Díaz-Nido, Javier, Loría, Frida
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Purkinje cell injury, structural plasticity and fusion in patients with Friedreich's ataxia [PDF]

, 2016
Purkinje cell pathology is a common finding in a range of inherited and acquired cerebellar disorders, with the degree of Purkinje cell injury dependent on the underlying aetiology.
Cook, Amelia, Kemp, Kevin, Kurian, Kathreena, Redondo, Juliana, Scolding, Neil, Wilkins, Alastair   +5 more
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A Case of Ataxia with Isolated Vitamin E Deficiency Initially Diagnosed as Friedreich’s Ataxia

Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2016
Ataxia with isolated vitamin E deficiency (AVED) is a rare autosomal recessive condition that is caused by a mutation in the alpha tocopherol transfer protein gene.
Michael Bonello, Partha Ray
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Lymphoblast Oxidative Stress Genes as Potential Biomarkers of Disease Severity and Drug Effect in Friedreich's Ataxia.

PLoS ONE, 2016
There is no current approved therapy for the ultimately lethal neuro- and cardio-degenerative disease Friedreich's ataxia (FA). Finding minimally-invasive molecular biomarkers of disease progression and drug effect could support smaller, shorter clinical
Genki Hayashi, Gino Cortopassi
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Consensus Paper: Radiological Biomarkers of Cerebellar Diseases [PDF]

, 2015
Hereditary and sporadic cerebellar ataxias represent a vast and still growing group of diseases whose diagnosis and differentiation cannot only rely on clinical evaluation.
A D’Abreu, A Ginestroni, A Ieraci, A Inagaki, A Kelp, A Nocuń, A Poretti, A Poretti, A Rolfs, A Solodkin, A Varrone, AC Stanfield, AG Asokan, AJ Barkovitch, AJ Clapp, Alessandra Vella, Allison Jack, AM Tadesco, AM Wong, Andrea P. Jackowski, Andrea Righini, AR Luft, AR Luft, B Kuemerle, B Soong, BC Jung, C Andrés De, C Cheung, C Garel, C Good, C Jacova, C Limperopoulos, C Lukas, C Moller, C Parazzini, C Scaglione, CC Parker, Cecilia Parazzini, CH Lyoo, Christophe Habas, CJ Stoodley, CW Yoon, D Beitzke, DJG Schutter, DL Vargas, DS Woodruff-Park, E Apartis, E Canu, E Courchesne, E Matsusue, E Matsusue, E Pagani, E Prodi, ED Vidoni, F Brancati, F D’Agata, F Eichler, G Malinger, G Tedeschi, GS Young, H Akhlaghi, H Akhlaghi, H Jacobi, HB Cleavinger, I Ferrer, I Iltis, I Sousa, ID Wilkinson, J Honnorat, J Mazere, J Skefos, J Wegiel, JA Brunberg, JB Schulz, JL Whitwell, JM Kim, Jörg B. Schulz, K Andersen, K Brockmann, K Burk, K Burk, K Ishii, K Lasek, K Nanri, K Nanri, K Pierce, K Reetz, K Reetz, K Reetz, K Reetz, K Specht, K-D Choi, Kathrin Reetz, KB Loh, L Baldaçara, L Ji, L Schols, LA Corben, Leonardo Baldarçara, LI Wallis, LR Ramos, LSK Hokkanen, M Abele, M Anheim, M Bricout, M Catani, M Hadjivassiliou, M Hadjivassiliou, M Hadjivassiliou, M Hadjivassiliou, M Hadjivassiliou, M Mascalchi, M Minnerop, M Rapoport, M Sjobeck, M Verly, M Walterfang, M Walterfang, M. Hadjivassiliou, MA Cheh, Mario Mascalchi, MC Bianchi, ME Steenweg, MR Hatab, N Boddaert, N Gharani, N Kimura, N Kimura, N Kimura, N Ramnani, N Stefano De, Nigel Hoggard, O Bas, OS Cohen, P Braga-Neto, P Brown, P Wang, PA Thomann, PS Wang, R Cabeza, R Della Nave, R Della Nave, R Hashimoto, R Scheid, R Sui, S Alcauter, S Basu, S Currie, S Currie, S Currie, S Currie, S Dohlinger, S Gilman, S Gilman, S Nagamitsu, S Ortega-Cuberoa, S Tanaka, SA Cooper, Sara Jane Webb, SH Fatemi, SH Fatemi, SH Fatemi, SH Fatemi, SJ Webb, SM Boesch, SM Ravizza, Stuart Currie, T Klockgether, T Tarui, T Wu, TD Miller, W Scharmüller, WR Kates, Y Bruecker De, Y Daaboul, Y Hosoi, Y Sunaga   +176 more
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Stem cells from wildtype and Friedreich's ataxia mice present similar neuroprotective properties in dorsal root ganglia cells.

PLoS ONE, 2013
Many neurodegenerative disorders share a common susceptibility to oxidative stress, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson Disease, Huntington Disease and Friedreich's ataxia.
Jonathan Jones, Alicia Estirado, Carolina Redondo, Salvador Martinez, Salvador Martinez   +4 more
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5-Hydroxytryptophan in Friedreich’s Ataxia

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1995
The effect of the levorotatory form of 5-hydroxytryptophan (approx 1 gm/day/orally) on cerebellar symptoms in 26 patients with Friedreich’s ataxia was evaluated in a double-blind drug-placebo study by the Ataxia Research Center, Hopital Neurologique ...
J Gordon Millichap
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Relationship between aetiology and left ventricular systolic dysfunction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a common cardiac disease caused by a range of genetic and acquired disorders. The most common cause is genetic variation in sarcomeric proteins genes.
Rosmini, Stefania <1981>
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Autophagy induction extends lifespan and reduces lipid content in response to frataxin silencing in C. elegans [PDF]

, 2013
Severe mitochondria deficiency leads to a number of devastating degenerative disorders, yet, mild mitochondrial dysfunction in different species, including the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, can have pro-longevity effects.
Bei, R, Braeckman, B, Castelein, N, Condò, I, Gelino, S, Guccini, I, Hansen, M, Kell, A, Malisan, F, Marzocchella, L, Megalou, E, Rea, S, Schiavi, A, Tavernarakis, N, Testi, R, Torgovnick, A, Ventura, N   +16 more
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