Selenoprotein P concentration in plasma is an index of selenium status in selenium-deficient and selenium-supplemented Chinese subjects

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 138-145

  Hill, Kristina E ^a   Xia, Yiming ^b   Åkesson, Björn ^a,c   Boeglin, Martha E ^a   Burk, Raymond F ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

blood selenium; glutathione peroxidase; humans; selenium nutritional status; selenoprotein P

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; PLASMA PROTEIN; SELENIUM; SELENOPROTEIN P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0030071397     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/126.1.138     Document Type: Article

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