Spinal Cord Abnormalities Correlate With Disease Severity in FA

Results show utility of MRI as biomarker in tracking disease progression

Damage to the spinal dorsal column seems developmental whereas damage of the corticospinal tract may be both developmental and degenerative in origin.

#Neuroscience #Neurology #NeurologicalDiseases #NeurodegenerativeDiseases #Neurodegeneration #Neurodevelopment #NeurodevelopmentalDisorders #Ataxia #FriedreichAtaxia #SpinalCord #Neurogenetics #NeurogeneticDiseases #GeneticDiseases #RareDiseases
#MagneticResonanceImaging #MRI #Biomarker #BrainImaging

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