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Abstract
A study of 82 fatal cases of Friedreich's ataxia showed that over half the patients died of heart failure while nearly three-quarters had evidence of cardiac dysfunction during life. A high incidence of diabetes mellitus (23%) was another finding, and four patients developed diabetic ketosis terminally.Entities:
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Year: 1968 PMID： 5673214 PMCID： PMC1986520 DOI： 10.1136/bmj.3.5619.649
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br Med J ISSN： 0007-1447