TY  - JOUR
T1  - TO e or not to e
AU  - Schattner A
Y1  - 1999/11/08
N1  - 
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 2485
EP  - 2485
VL  - 159
IS  - 20
N2  - 
Vitamin E has antioxidant activity that inhibits subendothelial low-density lipoprotein oxidation and atherosclerotic plaque formation.1 Nevertheless, current opinion does not advocate the use of daily vitamin E supplementation to reduce the risk of vascular events2 and the skepticism concerning the use of vitamin E as an adjunctive treatment for either secondary or primary prevention of vascular events is based on the present "lack of solid evidence of efficacy."2 However, a careful overview of the data allows for an alternative approach, which is based on several considerations.

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ER  -