A 22-year-old man presented with progressive gait instability, tremor, and dysarthria since childhood. Electrophysiologic studies revealed a sensorimotor polyneuropathy. Laboratoty studies documented vitamin E deficiency; however, no gastrointestinal, hepatic, or lipoprotein disorder could be identi
Isolated vitamin E deficiency with demyelinating neuropathy
โ Scribed by Vinod Puri; Neera Chaudhry; Medha Tatke; Ved Prakash
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 149 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-639X
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