Ataxia with isolated vitamin E deficiency: A Japanese family carrying a novel mutation in the α-tocopherol transfer protein gene

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 809-812

  Hoshino, Masataka ^a   Masuda, Naoki ^a   Ito, Yasuhiko ^a   Murata, Miho ^a   Goto, Jun ^a,b   Sakurai, Masaki ^a   Kanazawa, Ichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CARRIER PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT;

ADULT; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPOREFLEXIA; JAPAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0033015723     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(199906)45:6<809::AID-ANA19>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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