Journal article
Severe but reversible neuropathy and encephalopathy due to vitamin E deficiency
- Abstract:
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Vitamin E deficiency is known to result mainly in a spinocerebellar syndrome and involvement of the peripheral nervous system occurs less commonly. Most cases of vitamin E-deficient ataxic neuropathy reported relate to a genetically-mediated cause through mutation of the alpha-tocopherol transfer protein (TTPA) gene on chromosome 8q13 [1]. Severe subacute adult-onset rapidly disabling neuropathy due to vitamin E deficiency is not to our knowledge reported. Cognitive dysfunction is uncommon in...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Elsevier Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery Journal website
- Volume:
- 160
- Pages:
- 19-20
- Publication date:
- 2017-06-08
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-06-06
- DOI:
- ISSN:
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0303-8467
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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810295
- Local pid:
- pubs:810295
- Deposit date:
- 2020-04-22
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- Copyright holder:
- Wysota et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Rights statement:
- © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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