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Isolated vitamin E deficiency and progressive ataxia
R J Rayner1, R Doran, S H Roussounis
1Regional Child Development Centre, St James's University Hospital, Leeds.
Archives of Disease in Childhood
|November 1, 1993
Abstract:
A case of progressive spinocerebellar syndrome due to isolated vitamin E deficiency is reported. Measurement of the vitamin E concentration in serum should be included when investigating all children with unexplained, progressive ataxia, even in the absence of malabsorption. Replacement treatment in patients with a vitamin E deficiency can arrest or improve the associated neurological disorder.