Is selenium deficiency really the cause of Keshan disease?

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-188

  Lei, Cong ^a,b   Niu, Xiaolin ^b   Ma, Xiangke ^a,b   Wei, Jin ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEDICAL SCHOOL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dilated cardiomyopathy; GPx 1; Keshan disease; Risk factors; Selenium

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE 1; SELENIUM;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SELENIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHINA; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHINA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SELENIUM;

CHINA;

EID: 79952575982     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-010-9331-9     Document Type: Article

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