Selenium and the thyroid.
Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes
; 20(5): 441-8, 2013 Oct.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23974773
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To provide information on the role of the essential trace element selenium, which enables appropriate thyroid hormone synthesis, secretion, and metabolism, and to discuss supplementation with various selenium compounds, which prevent thyroid diseases such as goiter and exert beneficial effects in thyroid autoimmune diseases. RECENT FINDINGS: Selenium administration in both autoimmune thyroiditis (M. Hashimoto) and mild Graves' disease improves clinical scores and well-being of patients and reduces autoimmune antibody titres in several prospective, placebo-controlled supplementation studies. SUMMARY: Adequate nutritional supply of selenium, together with the two other essential trace elements iodine and iron, is required for a healthy thyroid during development and adolescence, as well as in the adult and aging populations.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Selenium
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Thyroid Gland
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
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Etiology_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Animals
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes
Year:
2013
Document type:
Article