Effect of low-dose selenium on thyroid autoimmunity and thyroid function in UK pregnant women with mild-to-moderate iodine deficiency

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 55-61

  Mao, Jinyuan ^a,b   Pop, Victor J ^c   Bath, Sarah C ^a   Vader, Huib L ^d   Redman, Christopher W G ^e   Rayman, Margaret P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Iodine; Pregnancy; Selenium; Thyroid autoimmunity; Thyroid function; Thyroid peroxidase antibodies

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SELENIUM; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; ANTI-THYROGLOBULIN; AUTOANTIBODY; IODINE; THYROID MICROSOMAL ANTIBODIES; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SECONDARY ANALYSIS; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; UNITED KINGDOM; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFICIENCY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECTS; IMMUNOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THYROID GLAND;

AUTOANTIBODIES; BODY MASS INDEX; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE; PREGNANCY; SELENIUM; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84957434322     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: 14366215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-014-0822-9     Document Type: Article

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