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No specific disease is caused by Vitamin E deficiency, however such may cause a number of neurological conditions that are related to poor nerve conduction.

Symptoms of vitamin E deficiency can include:

  • dysathria - a motor-speech disorder
  • deep tendon reflex absense
  • vibratory sensation loss
  • proprioception - dysfunction of the awareness of the movement of one's body.
  • positive Babinski sign - a reflex that is present in infants but not in healthy adults.
  • anemia
  • retinopathy
  • impaired immune response
  • male-infertility
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