Vitamin E-coated polysulfone membrane improved red blood cell antioxidant status in hemodialysis patients.
Conclusions: Use of the vitE-PS membrane during a short period improves erythrocyte antioxidant defense mechanisms and seems to lead to a reduction in EPO requirements in HD patients.
PMID: 22956433 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Nephrology)