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Hemolysis of red blood cells in dilute hydrogen peroxide was determined for 23 premature infants. Three infants received evaporated cows'milk, and the remainder partially-skimmed cows'milk feeding mixtures. A significant degree of in vitro hemolysis was found and this persisted as long as the infants were observed without supplementation of their diets with tocopherol. In each of 9 trials in 8 infants the in vitro hemolysis was reversed by feeding alpha-tocopherol.
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