Ingestion of a dietary supplement resulting in selenium toxicity

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 168-169

  Lopez, R Erin ^a   Knable Jr , Alfred L ^a   Burruss, Joyti B ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DENTAL CARIES; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIZZINESS; ERYTHEMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; NAIL DISEASE; PAPULE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SEBORRHEA; SELENIUM TOXICITY;

ALOPECIA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL DISEASES; SCALP DERMATOSES; SELENIUM;

EID: 77953271946     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.03.045     Document Type: Article

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