Disappearance of skin lipofuscin storage and marked clinical improvement in adult onset coeliac disease and severe vitamin E deficiency after chronic vitamin E megatherapy

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 339-344

  Battisti, C ^a   Dotti, M T ^a   Formichi, P ^a   Bonuccelli, U ^b   Malandrini, A ^a   Carrai, M ^b   Tripodi, S A ^a   Federico, A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UO Malattie Neurometaboliche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coeliac disease; Lipofuscin; Vitamin E deficiency

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; LIPOFUSCIN;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELIAC DISEASE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; SKIN;

BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC; CELIAC DISEASE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; HUMANS; LIPOFUSCIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; SKIN; VITAMIN E; VITAMIN E DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0030191685     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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