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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.
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Muller, D.P.R., Lloyd, J.K. & Wolff, O.H. The role of vitamin E in the treatment of the neurological features of abetalipoproteinaemia and other disorders of fat absorption. J Inherit Metab Dis 8 (Suppl 1), 88–92 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01800666
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