Vitamin E deficiency in Werdnig‐Hoffmann disease
- 1 September 1981
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Annals of Neurology
- Vol. 10 (3) , 266-268
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ana.410100312
Abstract
Vitamin E levels were measured in the plasma of infants and children with various neuromuscular disorders. Seven of 8 infants with Werdnig-Hoffmann disease (WHD) had a singificantly lower plasma vitmin E level (p < 0.01) than age-matched normal controls, children with congenital myopathies, or children with muscular dystrophy. Vitamin E deficiency in WHD is not caused by malabsorption. A therapeutic trial of vtamin course of the disease. Vitamin E deficiency may play a role in the pathologenesis of WHD.Keywords
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