Neurological effects of high-dose idebenone in patients with Friedreich's ataxia: a randomised, placebo-controlled trial

@article{Prospero2007NeurologicalEO,
  title={Neurological effects of high-dose idebenone in patients with Friedreich's ataxia: a randomised, placebo-controlled trial},
  author={Nicholas A. Di Prospero and Angela Baker and Neal O. Jeffries and Kenneth H. Fischbeck},
  journal={The Lancet Neurology},
  year={2007},
  volume={6},
  pages={878-886}
}
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