ITunes loses songs with non-standard English characters

(I accidentally posted this on the iTunes for Mac forum. Same issue as described here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1593945
Any help greatly appreciated.)
I have just discovered that I have the same problem, however instead of changing the spelling, it has lost the files altogether. I cannot find them in the Music folder, and it only effects songs with different characters (ie. Sigur Ros, Jose Gonzalez, etc.).
I have no idea where the files have gone. It is really annoying, as I have loads of music which is like this, which now seems to have disappeared (they ar estill listed in iTunes, but it cannot locate the file when I try to play).
Please could you advise how I can resolve this issue?
Thanks,
Jules

Anyone got any suggestions? Really irritating problem.

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