Vitamin E absorption in small premature infants.
Pediatrics
; 63(6): 830-2, 1979 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-377202
ABSTRACT
The absorption of vitamin E, given by orogastric tube, was studied in premature infants who weighed less than 1.5 kg at birth. After the administration of either dl-alpha tocopherol or the acetate form, plasma tocopherol levels increased. In a second blind trial, 28 infants received either 25 units of dl-alpha tocopherol or placebo during the first six weeks of life. Plasma tocopherol levels in all treated infants were sustained in the normal adult range. The vitamin E-deficient state of premature infants can be corrected by oral therapy alone.
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Assunto principal:
Vitamina E
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Deficiência de Vitamina E
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Doenças do Prematuro
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
Limite:
Humans
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Newborn
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Pediatrics
Ano de publicação:
1979
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Article