Restless legs syndrome in Friedreich ata
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Birgit Frauscher; Sascha Hering; Birgit Högl; Viola Gschliesser; Hanno Ulmer; We
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Article
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2010
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Friedreich ataxia (FA) is the most common type of hereditary ataxia. Frataxin deficiency due to a GAA expansion in the first intron of chromosome 9 results in intramitochondrial iron accumulation. On the basis of the patients' complaints about sleep disturbance and pathophysiological considerations,