Does selenium supplementation affect thyroid function? Results froma randomized, controlled, double-blinded trial in a Danish population

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 657-667

  Winther, Kristian Hillert ^a   Bonnema, Steen Joop ^a   Cold, Frederik ^a   Debrabant, Birgit ^b   Nybo, Mads ^a   Cold, Søren ^a   Hegedüs, Laszlo ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; PLACEBO; SELENIUM; THYROXINE; THYROTROPIN; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANISH CITIZEN; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NAIL DISEASE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELENIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SKIN MANIFESTATION; THYROID FUNCTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; BLOOD; DENMARK; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRIED YEAST; DRUG EFFECTS; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; TIME;

AGED; DENMARK; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELENIUM; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TIME FACTORS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; YEAST, DRIED;

EID: 84930581357     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-15-0069     Document Type: Article

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