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Doria-Lamba, L., De Grandis, E., Cristiani, E. et al. Efficacious vitamin E treatment in a child with ataxia with isolated vitamin E deficiency. Eur J Pediatr 165, 494–495 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-006-0085-4
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