Selenium Deficiency and Fatal Cardiomyopathy in a Patient on Home Parenteral Nutrition
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Selenium deficiency during total parenteral nutrition--a case report.
THE trace element selenium has recently been recognised as an essential constituent of the enzyme glutathione peroxidase (GSHPx, EC 1.11.1.9) which is thought to have a major function in the removal of hydrogen peroxide and other organic hydroperoxides generated during oxidative metabolism.' Both selenium and vitamin E appear to protect against a myopathic condition seen in young animals put to...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gastroenterology
سال: 1982
ISSN: 0016-5085
DOI: 10.1016/s0016-5085(82)80208-4