Isolated vitamin E deficiency and progressive ataxia.
Open Access
- 1 November 1993
- journal article
- case report
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 69 (5) , 602-603
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.69.5.602
Abstract
A case of progressive spinocerebellar syndrome due to isolated vitamin E deficiency is reported. Measurement of the vitamin E concentration in serum should be included when investigating all children with unexplained, progressive ataxia, even in the absence of malabsorption. Replacement treatment in patients with a vitamin E deficiency can arrest or improve the associated neurological disorder.Keywords
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