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Descriptor English: Vitamin E Deficiency
Descriptor Spanish: Deficiencia de Vitamina E
Descriptor deficiencia de vitamina E
Entry term(s) déficit de vitamina E
hipovitaminosis E
Scope note: Enfermedad nutricional producida por déficit de VITAMINA E en la dieta, caracterizada por alteraciones del tracto espinocerebeloso y cordones posteriores, arreflexia, oftalmoplejía y alteraciones en la marcha, propiocepción y vibración. En los niños prematuros el déficit de vitamina E se asocia a anemia hemolítica, trombocitosis, edema, hemorragia intraventricular y aumento del riesgo de fibroplasia retrolenticular y displasia broncopulmonar. Recientemente se ha identificado un error aparentemente congénito del metabolismo de la vitamina E, denominado déficit de vitamina E aislado familiar. (Traducción libre del original: Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p1181)
Descriptor Portuguese: Deficiência de Vitamina E
Descriptor French: Carence en vitamine E
Entry term(s): Deficiencies, Vitamin E
Deficiency, Vitamin E
Vitamin E Deficiencies
Tree number(s): C18.654.521.500.133.841
SP6.990.625.344.378.400.830
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014811
Scope note: 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)
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Entry Version: VITAMIN E DEFIC
DeCS ID: 15212
Unique ID: D014811
NLM Classification: WD 150
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/08
Vitamin E Deficiency - Preferred
Concept UI M0022804
Scope note 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)
Preferred term Vitamin E Deficiency
Entry term(s) Deficiencies, Vitamin E
Deficiency, Vitamin E
Vitamin E Deficiencies



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