title: [Vitamin E concentration in children with proteino-energetic malnutrition].
abstract: Fourty eight malnourished infants were studied in regard to plasma vitamin E levels. The mean plasma vitamin E concentration was 0.41 mg/dL (+/- 0.20); the values ranged from less than 0.10 to 0.96. Only 4 children had an acceptable level of this vitamin (greater than 0.70 mg/dL). The possible interrelationship of vitamin E and red cell fragments in blood was investigated in 24 of the children. The data obtained do not suggest that a low plasmatic vitamin E level is not related to either, red cell fragmented or hemoglobin level.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vega-Franco
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Meza-Camacho
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Meijerink
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alegret-Pla
mesh_terms: D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000097:blood*; D014811:Vitamin E Deficiency / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins; D014810:Vitamin E
vernacular_title: Concentración de vitamina E en niños con desnutrición proteino-energética.