"Vitamin E Deficiency" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of VITAMIN E in the diet, characterized by posterior column and spinocerebellar tract abnormalities, areflexia, ophthalmoplegia, and disturbances of gait, proprioception, and vibration. In premature infants vitamin E deficiency is associated with hemolytic anemia, thrombocytosis, edema, intraventricular hemorrhage, and increasing risk of retrolental fibroplasia and bronchopulmonary dysplasia. An apparent inborn error of vitamin E metabolism, named familial isolated vitamin E deficiency, has recently been identified. (Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p1181)
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D014811
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C18.654.521.500.133.841
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| Concept/Terms |
Vitamin E Deficiency- Vitamin E Deficiency
- Deficiency, Vitamin E
- Deficiencies, Vitamin E
- Vitamin E Deficiencies
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vitamin E Deficiency" by people in Profiles.
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Biglari S, Nikuei P, Mir A, Vahidnezhad H, Youssefian L, Moghaddam AS, Tabatabaiefar MA, Saeidian AH, Khorram E, Fard MAF, Farbood Z, Shahrooei M, Khorshid HRK, Esmaeilzadeh E. Ataxia With Vitamin E Deficiency: Case Series, Vitamin E Therapy Response, Founder Effect, and In Silico Analysis. Clin Genet. 2025 03; 107(3):366-368.
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Hemil? H, Miller ER. Evidence-based medicine and vitamin E supplementation. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Jul; 86(1):261-2; author reply 262-4.
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Wuryastuti H, Stowe HD, Bull RW, Miller ER. Effects of vitamin E and selenium on immune responses of peripheral blood, colostrum, and milk leukocytes of sows. J Anim Sci. 1993 Sep; 71(9):2464-72.