What Vitamin Deficiency Causes Abetalipoproteinemia?
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According to the National Institutes of Health, abetalipoproteinemia is a rare, inherited disorder with an incidence of less than one in a million people. It is not a vitamin deficiency that causes abetalipoproteinemia, but rather a genetic mutation that leads to the malabsorption and subsequent deficiency of fat-soluble vitamins, particularly vitamin E.
