Familial isolated vitamin e deficiency

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Familial Isolated Vitamin E Deficiency is a rare, autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disease. Symptoms are similar to those of Friedreich ataxia.

[edit] Cause

Familial Isolated Vitamin E Deficiency is caused by mutations in the gene for a-tocopherol transfer protein.

Familial isolated vitamin e deficiency has an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance.

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