PERTINENT TO FRIEDRICH’S ATAXIAImpaired coordination of voluntary muscle movements. Manifestations can include, among others, slurred speech, poor balance, unsteady walking, falling, and involuntary eye movements (nystagmus). Usual: Exenatide, a drug that mimics the effects of the gut hormone GLP-1, increased the levels of frataxin — a protein involved in iron metabolism, whose deficiency leads to Friedreich’s ataxia (FA) — in a mouse model of the disease, a new study shows. Treatment with exanatide also improved the […]
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