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Vitamin E

ID 166

Efficacy of Vitamin E as an Alternative Medicine According to GRADE* Ranking: 


Alzheimer's Disease [1, 2, 3, 4]:

Recommendation: Weakly in favor (A few well designed studies suggests a possible benefit of vitamin E for the treatment of AD. Use of vitamin E and vitamin C supplements in combination is associated with reduced prevalence and incidence of AD)

Grade of Evidence: Low level of evidence 


* www.gradeworkinggroup.org 

References: 
1. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9110909

2. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17203561

3. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11342679

4. http://archneur.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=785249

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