Mondo Description Ataxia with vitamin E deficiency (AVED) is a neurodegenerative disease belonging to the inherited cerebellar ataxias. It is mainly characterized by progressive spino-cerebellar ataxia, loss of proprioception, areflexia, and is associated with a marked deficiency in vitamin E.

Uniprot Description An autosomal recessive disease characterized by undetectable or markedly reduced plasma levels of vitamin E, spinocerebellar degeneration, ataxia, areflexia and proprioception loss.

Disease Ontology Description A vitamin metabolic disorder characterized by progressive spino-cerebellar ataxia, loss of proprioception, areflexia, and marked deficiency in vitamin E that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the TTPA gene on chromosome 8q12.