title: The role of vitamin E in the treatment of the neurological features of abetalipoproteinaemia and other disorders of fat absorption.
abstract: Studies in patients with abetalipoproteinaemia and other chronic and severe fat malabsorptive states, and neuropathological studies in the vitamin E-deficient human, monkey and rat indicate that vitamin E is important for normal neurological function. Appropriate vitamin E supplementation is, therefore, advisable for all patients with chronic fat malabsorption who have low serum vitamin E concentrations.
mesh_terms: D000012:Abetalipoproteinemia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008286:Malabsorption Syndromes / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009420:Nervous System / Q000473:pathology; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D051381:Rats; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014811:Vitamin E Deficiency / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D014810:Vitamin E