Late-onset Friedreich’s Ataxia Can Emerge After Age 50, Study Shows

[Christina Cordaro]

I think these news are very important because you see most people diagnosed with FA in their childhood or young adult years. It is crucial that family members of someone who gets diagnosed after age 50 also get tested for the FA gene, because you never know when it can occur.

[Trevor]

my mom aunt and gran all had Ataxia after 50 – I was diagnosed at age54 – I am 58 now – battling with Ataxia