Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology

Volume 29, Issue 4 pp. 546-549

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Vitamin E Deficiency and Illness in Childhood

Neil Gordon, 

Neil Gordon

Booth Hall Children's Hospital, Gharlestown Road, Blackley, Manchester M9 2AA

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Neil Gordon, 

Neil Gordon

Booth Hall Children's Hospital, Gharlestown Road, Blackley, Manchester M9 2AA

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First published: August 1987

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8749.1987.tb02517.x

Citations: 8

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