nutritional disorders
Vitamin E Deficiency
Treatment ofVitamin EDeficiency
Supplemental alpha-tocopherol or mixed tocopherols (alpha-, beta-, and gamma-tocopherols) If malabsorption causes clinically evident deficiency, alpha-tocopherol 15 to 25 mg/kg orally once a day should be given. Or mixed tocopherols (200 IU) can be given. However, larger doses of alpha-tocopherol given by injection are required to treat neuropathy during its early stages or to overcome the defect of absorption and transport in abetalipoproteinemia. 