Comorbidities in Friedreich ataxia: incidence and manifestations from early to advanced disease stages.
Mario FicheraAnna CastaldoAlessia MongelliGloria MarchiniCinzia GelleraLorenzo NanettiCaterina MariottiPublished in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2022)
Incidence of FA-related medical conditions varies according to disease duration. In patients with very long disease duration, we observed an unexpectedly high incidence of visual and auditory pseudo-hallucinations that were not previously reported in FA patients. We hypothesized that these late complications may be possibly related to the severe sensory deafferentation syndrome observed in the advanced stages of FA disease.