5-Hydroxytryptophan in Friedreich’s Ataxia

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-9-6-6

Keywords:

5-Hydroxytryptophan, Cerebellar Symptoms, Friedreich’s Ataxia

Abstract

The effect of the levorotatory form of 5-hydroxytryptophan (approx 1 gm/day/orally) on cerebellar symptoms in 26 patients with Friedreich’s ataxia was evaluated in a double-blind drug-placebo study by the Ataxia Research Center, Hopital Neurologique, Lyon and 11 other research hospitals in France.

Published

1995-06-01

Issue

Section

Heredo-Degenerative Disorders