Familial isolated vitamin E deficiency
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Familial isolated vitamin E deficiency | |
ICD-10 | GroupMajor.minor |
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ICD-9 | xxx |
OMIM | 277460 600415 |
DiseasesDB | 30633 |
Overview
Familial Isolated Vitamin E Deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive[1] neurodegenerative disease. Symptoms are similar to those of Friedreich ataxia.
Cause
Familial Isolated Vitamin E Deficiency is caused by mutations in the gene for a-tocopherol transfer protein.[2]
External Links
- Template:RareDiseases
- aved at NIH/UW GeneTests
References
- ↑ Doerflinger N, Linder C, Ouahchi K, Gyapay G, Weissenbach J, Le Paslier D, Rigault P, Belal S, Ben Hamida C, Hentati F (1995 May). "Ataxia with vitamin E deficiency: refinement of genetic localization and analysis of linkage disequilibrium by using new markers in 14 families" (Free full text). American journal of human genetics. 56 (5): 1116–24. ISSN 0002-9297. PMC 1801469. PMID 7726167. Unknown parameter
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(help) - ↑ Cellini E, Piacentini S, Nacmias B, Forleo P, Tedde A, Bagnoli S, Ciantelli M, Sorbi S (2002). "A family with spinocerebellar ataxia type 8 expansion and vitamin E deficiency ataxia" (Free full text). Archives of neurology. 59 (12): 1952–53. doi:10.1001/archneur.59.12.1952. ISSN 0003-9942. PMID 12470185. Unknown parameter
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