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Ataxia with vitamin E deficiency and severe dystonia: report of a case.
Brain & development - 1 Sept 2003
Roubertie Agathe, Biolsi Brigitte, Rivier François, Humbertclaude Véronique, Cheminal Renée, Echenne Bernard
Abstract excerpt
Mutation of the gene for alpha-tocopherol transfer protein causes ataxia with isolated vitamin E deficiency, a disorder usually stabilized or improved after vitamin E supplementation. Dystonia has rarely been described in ataxia with isolated vitamin E deficiency (AVED) patients. We present the case of a young boy with AVED, whose neurological and extra-neurological cardinal symptoms of the disease improved after...
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