Benefits of vitamin E supplementation in HIV-positive individuals

This book is the result of work carried out to obtain a master's degree in the Graduate Program in Pharmacy at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). The work shows the benefits of vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) supplementation in HIV-positive patients undergoing antiretroviral therapy through hematological evaluations. The patients were followed for a period of six months during which four collections were performed to count TCD4 and TCD8 lymphocytes CD4/CD8 ratio cell viability viral load leukocyte lymphocyte platelet and erythrocyte counts hematocrit and hemoglobin determination and serum levels of haptoglobin ferritin iron and transferrin.