Vitamin E serum levels are normal in ataxia telangiectasia (Louis-Bar disease)

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 114-116

  Battisti, Carla ^b   Formichi, Patrizia ^a   Federico, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b Associazione Anni Verdi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ataxia telangiectasia; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030587559     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-510X(96)00158-X     Document Type: Article

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