《英文msh词典》Deficiencies,Vitamin E
[入口词] Deficiencies,Vitamin E
[主题词] Vitamin E Deficiency
[英文释义] A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of VITAMIN E in the diet,characterized by posterior column and spinocerebellar tract abnormalities,areflexia,ophthalmoplegia,and disturbances of gait,proprioception,and vibration. In premature infants vitamin E deficiency is associated with hemolytic anemia,thrombocytosis,edema,intraventricular hemorrhage,and increasing risk of retrolental fibroplasia and bronchopulmonary dysplasia. An apparent inborn error of vitamin E metabolism,named familial isolated vitamin E deficiency,has recently been identified. (Cecil Textbook of Medicine,19th ed,p1181)