Ataxia with Vitamin E Deficiency

Abstract

Vitamin E adminstration (100 U/kg daily) resulted in improvements in ataxia, motor strength, and mobility in 2 siblings of a consanguineous Bedouin family with Friedreich ataxia and low serum vitamin E levels treated at Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel.

Keywords

• friedreich ataxia
• vitamin e deficiency
• erythrocytes