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Could you tell me what happens when you do not get enough vitamin e?

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Dr. Thomas Namey answered

Specializes in Rheumatology

Vit E deficiency!: Vitamin e deficiency can cause: spinocerebellar ataxia, myopathy, peripheral neuropathy, retinopathy, impaired immune response, &. Accelerated red blood cell destruction. Obviously these are consequences of severe deficiency for long periods of time.

Answered 6/15/2013

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