PEDIATRICS Vol. 48 No. 4 October 1971, pp. 669-671
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Tocopherol Therapy in Acanthocytosis

Kurt Wallis M.D.1, Meir Gross M.D.1, Jacob L. Zaidman Ph.D.2, Angela Julsary M.Sc.2, Aryeh Szeinberg Ph.D.3, and Abraham I. Kook Ph.D.3

1 Department of Pediatrics
2 Department of Biochemistry, Asaf Harofe Government Hospital, Tel-Aviv University Medical School Zerifin
3 Department of Chemical Pathology, Tel-Aviv University Medical School, Tel-Hashomer, Israel

Acanthocytosis or a-beta-lipoproteinemia is a rare inborn error of metabolism known also as the "Bassen Kornzweig syndrome."1 We had

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the opportunity to examine a Jewish girl, H.F., 11 years old, with a-beta-lipoproteinemia. The girl has healthy parents of Turkish origin who are first cousins, and a healthy brother and sister. At the age of 33frac12 months she was admitted to this hospital with a picture of malabsorption and from then on she was under our permanent observation.