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  • Title: Vitamin E status in Sudanese children with protein-energy malnutrition.
    Author: Ahmed HM, Laryea MD, el-Karib AO, el-Amin EO, Biggemann B, Leichsenring M, Mayatepek E, Bremer HJ.
    Journal: Z Ernahrungswiss; 1990 Mar; 29(1):47-53. PubMed ID: 2110395.
    Abstract:
    Total tocopherols and alpha-tocopherols were estimated in the plasma of children with severe malnutrition (14 marasmus; 11 marasmic kwashiorkor; five kwashiorkor) and related to the total plasma lipids and different plasma lipid classes. If the mere plasma concentrations were taken as an index of the vitamin E status, five children with marasmus, five children with marasmic kwashiorkor, and two children with kwashiorkor would have been regarded as deficient (less than 500 micrograms/dl). However, if total tocopherols and alpha-tocopherols were related to the total plasma lipids, all malnourished children--except one--showed values within the limits found in healthy American children. The study shows that low tocopherol/lipid ratios are not a constant feature in severely malnourished children.
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