Burn injuries rapidly deplete vitamin E, study finds

Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - 21:40 in Health & Medicine

Severe burn injuries in children have been shown to rapidly deplete the levels of vitamin E in their body's adipose, or fat tissues, a new clinical study has found. Stored levels of this important antioxidant were reduced more in a few weeks than might normally be possible in years.

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