Short-term, Moderate Dosage Vitamin E Supplementation May Have No Effect on Platelet Aggregation, Coagulation Profile, and Bleeding Time in Healthy Individuals

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 121-129

  Dereska, Nina H ^a   McLemore, Elisabeth C ^a   Tessier, Deron J ^a   Bash, Deborah S ^a   Brophy, Colleen M ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bleeding time; coagulation; platelet aggregation; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; COLLAGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING TIME; BLOOD CLOTTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; BLEEDING TIME; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; COLLAGEN; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EPINEPHRINE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; VITAMIN E;

EID: 33645991214     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2005.09.031     Document Type: Article

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