Warning: The NCBI web site requires JavaScript to function. more...
Generate a file for use with external citation management software.
Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA.
Many antioxidants have been suggested as potential treatments for Friedreich ataxia, but have not been tested in clinical trials. We found that a majority of patients in our cohort already use such antioxidants, including idebenone, which is not available at a pharmaceutical grade in the United States. Younger age, cardiomyopathy and shorter GAA repeat length were independent predictors of idebenone use, but no factors predicted use of other antioxidants. This confirms that non-prescription antioxidant use represents a major confounder to formal trials of existing and novel agents for Friedreich ataxia.
Your browsing activity is empty.
Activity recording is turned off.
Turn recording back on