Intestinal permeability, vitamin A absorption, alpha-tocopherol, and neopterin in patients with rectal carcinoma

Josef Dvorák1, Bohuslav Melichar, Radomír Hyspler

  • 1Department of Oncology & Radiotherapy, Charles University Medical School and Teaching Hospital, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.

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