Vitamin E Deficiencies

《英文msh詞典》Vitamin E Deficiencies
[入口詞] Vitamin E Deficiencies
[主題詞] Vitamin E Deficiency
[英文釋義] 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)