Selenium: A brief review and a case report of selenium responsive cardiomyopathy

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Al Matary, Abdulrahman ^a   Hussain, Mushtaq ^a,b   Ali, Jaffar ^c,d  

^a KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Dilated cardiomyopathy; Glutathione; Keshan disease; Micronutrients deficiency; Peroxidase; Selenium deficiency; Selenoproteins

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEVER; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; SUPPLEMENTATION; TACHYPNEA; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DEFICIENCY; INFANT; SAUDI ARABIA;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SAUDI ARABIA; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 84875304088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-13-39     Document Type: Article

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