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The evaluation of selenium state in children
Author(s) -
Lombeck I.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of inherited metabolic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.462
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1573-2665
pISSN - 0141-8955
DOI - 10.1007/bf01811329
Subject(s) - selenium , endocrinology , medicine , chemistry , physiology , organic chemistry
Conclusion Our conclusion is that young infants are at risk of Se deficiency, especially with artificial feeding, semisynthetic diets or parenteral nutrition. Short term changes of the Se state can be monitored by estimation of the serum Se concentration or better by its active form—the plasma GSHPx activity. Long term changes can be controlled by measuring the Se content and GSHPx activity of erythrocytes. For field studies it is easy to measure hair Se values.