Vitamin E deficiency with normal serum vitamin E concentrations in children with chronic cholestasis.
Vitamin E deficiency with normal serum vitamin E concentrations in children with chronic cholestasis.
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慢性胆汁淤积儿童血清维生素 E 浓度正常的维生素 E 缺乏。
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10.1056/nejm198405103101901
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1984
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Balistreri,WF
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Sokol,RJ;Heubi,JE;Iannaccone,ST;Bove,KE;Balistreri,WF
We studied serum vitamin E levels and the ratio of serum vitamin E to serum lipid levels in 11 children with chronic cholestasis complicated by vitamin E deficiency, as defined by characteristic neurologic signs or sural-nerve histopathology in addition to impaired intestinal absorption of vitamin E. Eight of the children had low levels of serum vitamin E, as well as low ratios of serum vitamin E to total lipids and to cholesterol. However, three patients had normal serum vitamin E levels but low ratios of serum vitamin E to total lipids (two of the three had normal ratios of vitamin E to cholesterol). In four patients who were not vitamin E–deficient, all three values were normal.We conclude that vitamin E deficiency may exist in a child with a normal serum vitamin E concentration and that the ratio of serum vitamin E to total serum lipids is the most reliable biochemical index of vitamin E status during chronic childhood cholestasis. (N Engl J Med 1984; 310: 1209–12.)