A novel delins mutation in the alpha-TTP gene in a family segregating ataxia with isolated vitamin E deficiency.

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Ataxia with isolated vitamin E deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disease due to mutations in the alpha-tocopherol transfer protein gene. In ataxia with isolated vitamin E deficiency, the biochemical hallmark is the low plasmatic levels of vitamin E and, in most of the patients, vitamin E supplementation allows a stabilization of the neurologic conditions. We have investigated the genetic...

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