Serum vitamin E deficiency among people living with HIV and undergoing antiretroviral therapy at Ho Teaching Hospital, Ghana

Vitamin E is a potent antioxidant that helps to counteract oxidative stress in the body. Oxidative stress is known to greatly affect people living with HIV (PLWH) through the stimulation of HIV replication and apoptosis of CD4+ T cells. There is however, a paucity of scientific data on the serum lev...

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Main Authors: Daniel Edem Kpewou, Faustina O. Mensah, Collins A. Appiah, Huseini Wiisibie Alidu, Vitus Sambo Badii
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021014420