Treatment of Cholestatic Children with Water‐soluble Vitamin E (α‐Tocopheryl Polyethylene Glycol Succinate): Effects on Serum Vitamin E, Lipid Peroxides, and Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids
Piotr Socha,
Berthold Koletzko,
Joanna Pawlowska
et al.
Abstract:Background:Treatment of vitamin E‐deficient cholestatic children with water‐soluble α‐tocopherol polyethylene glycol succinate (TPGS) was previously shown to normalize vitamin E status and to improve neurological outcome.Methods:Because vitamin E plays an important role as a free‐radical scavenger, we studied the effects of long‐term TPGS supplementation on lipid peroxidation and polyunsaturated fatty acid status in 15 children ages 9 months‐3.4 years (median, 1.3 years) with chronic cholestasis with low serum… Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.