Medical Uses of Vitamin E

Abstract

This review discusses the rationale for vitamin E therapy in medical conditions in which the vitamin may have positive clinical effects. It should be recognized at the outset that nutritional inadequacy or frank deficiency of vitamin E is found only in patients with various genetic or acquired diseases, with the exception of premature children, in whom the deficiency may be iatrogenous. In the adult conditions in which vitamin E has a claimed efficacy, an unknown pharmacologic effect unrelated to the normal functioning of the vitamin is probably involved.Distribution and Dietary IntakeVitamin E is one of the most widely . . .