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Ataxia with vitamin E deficiency with a mutation in a phospholipid transfer protein gene

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  1. First Department of Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan

    Satoshi Kono, Akiko Otsuji, Kentaro Shirakawa, Hitoshi Suzuki & Hiroaki Miyajima

  2. Department of Advanced Medical Technology and Development, BML, Inc, Kawagoe, Japan

    Hiroaki Hattori

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Kono, S., Otsuji, A., Hattori, H. et al. Ataxia with vitamin E deficiency with a mutation in a phospholipid transfer protein gene. J Neurol 256, 1180–1181 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-009-5075-9

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