Studies of tocopherol deficiency in infants and children. V. An interim summary.

terpretive writings41#{176} provides a good stimulus for pediatric interest in the subject. It is proposed to review some literature on the pathologic lesions produced in animals and on the tocopherol content of foods,’1’ 12 and then summarize data collected at the Cobnado General, Sinai and Johns Hopkins Hospitals on tocophenol deficiency in infants and children. Most of the latter data and detailed references to the literature have been published elsewhere.1317