Sensory Ataxia and Vitamin E Deficiency

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-8-4-2

Keywords:

Vitamin E Deficiency, Ataxia, Abetalipoproteinemia

Abstract

A progressive limb and gait ataxia, distal loss of proprioception and vibration sense, and areflexia, caused by a prolonged and severe vitamin E deficiency, are reported in four patients evaluated as adults at King’s College, Hammersmith Hospital, and Institutes of Neurology and Child Health, London, UK.

Published

1994-04-01

Issue

Section

Ataxic Disorders