GEHRIG,LOU AND AMYOTROPHIC-LATERAL-SCLEROSIS - IS VITAMIN-E TO BE REVISITED

Authors
REIDER CR PAULSON GW
Citation
Cr. Reider et Gw. Paulson, GEHRIG,LOU AND AMYOTROPHIC-LATERAL-SCLEROSIS - IS VITAMIN-E TO BE REVISITED, Archives of neurology, 54(5), 1997, pp. 527-528
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Archives of neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00039942
Volume
54
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
527 - 528
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9942(1997)54:5<527:GAA-IV>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Investigators are beginning to reexamine the use of vitamin E for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Vitamin E was isolated in the 1920s, and the results of animal studies led rapidly to clinical u se. Regrettably, vitamin E did not ameliorate the progression of amyot rophic lateral sclerosis for Lou Gehrig, but more recent advances may identify subpopulations that do respond to vitamin E.