Meanings of friedreich ataxia in English

The Friedreich ataxia phenotype is the most frequent clinical presentation.

Friedreich ataxia (FA) is an autosomal recessive degenerative disease of the nervous system of unknown biochemical cause.

Reduced expression of a mitochondrial protein called frataxin causes a neurodegenerative disorder named Friedreich Ataxia, which decreases life span in humans.

We present a linkage study of three large Friedreich ataxia families of Tunisian origin, with several multiallelic markers around D9S5 and D9S15.

Precise linkage mapping of the Friedreich ataxia locus (FRDA) in 9q13-q21 should lead to the isolation of the defective gene by positional cloning.