Abstract
Several years ago, it has been shown1,2 that there was a relationship between vitamin E (Vit. E) deficiency and the neurological disorders observ ed in patients with chronic cholestasis and lipid malabsorption. We report here our clinical experience of eight years of Vit. E treatment (10 mg/kg of DL-α-tocoρherol acetate, IM, every two weeks) in these patients.
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Lemonnier, F., Alvarez, F., Babin, F., Couturier, M., Alagille, D. (1990). Effects of Vitamin E Treatment in Cholestatic Children. In: Emerit, I., Packer, L., Auclair, C. (eds) Antioxidants in Therapy and Preventive Medicine. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 264. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5730-8_21
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