Vitamin E supplementation and in vivo immune response in healthy elderly subjects. A randomized controlled trial.

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Published in JAMA on May 07, 1997

Authors

S N Meydani1, M Meydani, J B Blumberg, L S Leka, G Siber, R Loszewski, C Thompson, M C Pedrosa, R D Diamond, B D Stollar

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1: Nutritional Immunology Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111, USA. SvMeydanivIM@HNRC.TUFTS.EDU

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