Efficacious vitamin E treatment in a child with ataxia with isolated vitamin E deficiency

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 165, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 494-495

  Doria Lamba, Laura ^a   De Grandis, Elisa ^a   Cristiani, Elisabetta ^a   Fiocchi, Isabella ^a   Montaldi, Luciano ^a   Grosso, Paolo ^a   Gellera, Cinzia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; DNA;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; ATAXIA WITH ISOLATED VITAMIN E DEFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 8Q; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDIAN NERVE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; SURAL NERVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ATAXIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; VITAMIN E; VITAMIN E DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33744461838     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-006-0085-4     Document Type: Article

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