Treatment of ataxia in isolated vitamin E deficiency caused by α- tocopherol transfer protein deficiency

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 240-244

  Schuelke, Markus ^a,b,c,d   Mayatepek, Ertan ^a,b,c,d   Inter, Markus ^a,b,c,d   Becker, Michael ^a,b,c,d   Pfeiffer, Ernst ^a,b,c,d   Speer, Astrid ^a,b,c,d   Hübner, Christoph ^a,b,c,d   Finckh, Barbara ^a,b,c,d  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Biotechnology   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CARRIER PROTEIN;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0032989008     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(99)70424-5     Document Type: Article

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