A Progressive Neurologic Syndrome in Children with Chronic Liver Disease
- 26 February 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 304 (9) , 503-508
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198102263040902
Abstract
A progressive neurologic syndrome developed in six children with long-standing cholestatic liver disease. The neurologic abnormalities included areflexia, gait disturbance, decreased proprioceptive and vibratory sensation, and paresis of gaze. Serum vitamin E concentrations were uniformly low.This publication has 29 references indexed in Scilit:
- ABETALIPOPROTEINEMIA TREATED WITH PARENTERAL AND ORAL VITAMINS A AND E, AND WITH MEDIUM CHAIN TRIGLYCERIDESActa Paediatrica, 1978
- The Occurrence and Effects of Human Vitamin E DeficiencyJournal of Clinical Investigation, 1977
- Studies of the aetiology of neonatal hepatitis and biliary atresia.Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1977
- Long-term management of abetalipoproteinaemia. Possible role for vitamin E.Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1977
- The relative importance of the factors involved in the absorption of vitamin E in childrenGut, 1974
- Absorption of vitamin E in children with biliary obstructionGut, 1971
- Absorption of Different Doses of Fat Soluble and Water Miscible Preparations of Vitamin E in Children with Cystic FibrosisArchives of Disease in Childhood, 1971
- Demyelinating central nervous system disease, macular atrophy and acanthocytosis (Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome)The American Journal of Medicine, 1964
- THE EFFECT OF CHRONIC VITAMIN E DEFICIENCY ON THE NERVOUS SYSTEM IN THE RAT.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1949
- VITAMIN E DEFICIENCY, DIETARY FAT, AND SPINAL CORD LESIONS IN THE RATAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1949