Selenium and the thyroid: A close-knit connection

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 5180-5188

  Duntas, Leonidas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE 3; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; LIOTHYRONINE; METHYLSELENOIMIDAZOLE; PLACEBO; SELENITE; SELENIUM; SELENIUM BINDING PROTEIN; SELENIUM BINDING PROTEIN 2; SELENOMETHIONINE; SELENOPROTEIN; SELENOPROTEIN P; SODIUM SELENITE; THIAMAZOLE; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY TITER; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FOOD COMPOSITION; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THYROID FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650056003     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2010-0191     Document Type: Review

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