1. Familial vitamin E deficiency: Multiorgan complications support the adverse role of oxidative stress
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Gabriella Fugazzotto, Sara Montagnese, E. Trotta, Cinzia Gellera, Piero Amodio, and Stefano Bortolotti
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Adult ,Male ,0301 basic medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Ataxia ,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Myocardial Ischemia ,030209 endocrinology & metabolism ,Disease ,medicine.disease_cause ,Gastroenterology ,03 medical and health sciences ,Endocrinology ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Vitamin E Deficiency ,Risk factor ,Cardiovascular risk factors ,α-tocopherol ,030109 nutrition & dietetics ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,business.industry ,Ataxia with vitamin E deficiency ,AVED ,Oxidative stress ,Vitamin E deficiency ,Vitamin E ,Middle Aged ,Atherosclerosis ,medicine.disease ,Micronutrient ,Diabetes and Metabolism ,Fatty Liver ,Oxidative Stress ,Peripheral neuropathy ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,business - Abstract
Vitamin E is an essential micronutrient with relevant antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties found in plant leaves, seeds, and products derived from their processing. Familial vitamin E deficiency is a rare inherited syndrome characterized by ataxia and peripheral neuropathy with a massive decrease in plasma vitamin E (
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- 2019
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