Isolated vitamin E deficiency

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1161-1165

  Jackson, Carlayne E ^a,d   Amato, Anthony A ^c   Barohn, Richard J ^b  

^a Univ of Texas Health Science Center ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

ataxia; peripheral neuropathy; spinocerebellar degeneration; tocopherols; vitamin E deficiency

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL;

ADULT; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TREMOR; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS; VITAMIN E; VITAMIN E DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0029790601     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199609)19:9<1161::AID-MUS12>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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