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Vitamin E serum levels in patients with leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma

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The serum α-tocopherol levels were determined in a group of 182 patients with hematological neoplasms: 87 lymphoid or myeloid leukemias, 65 lymphomas and 30 myelomas. The levels did not differ from those of controls, when compared either globally or for diagnosis. Low α-tocopherol serum levels were observed in 6 patients (3.3%).

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  1. Ferropathology and Radicalosis Unit, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

    N. Marco, E. Gimferrer, J. Mestres, J. úbeda & M. T. Royo

  2. Clinical Hematology Unit, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

    R. Martino & A. Altés

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Marco, N., Gimferrer, E., Mestres, J. et al. Vitamin E serum levels in patients with leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma. Eur J Epidemiol 13, 853–854 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007346907864

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