Open AccessLack of Association between Selenium Status and Disease Severity and Activity in Patients with Graves' Ophthalmopathy
Author(s) -
Nora Dehina,
Peter Hofmann,
Thomas Behrends,
Anja Eckstein,
Lutz Schomburg
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
european thyroid journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.23
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2235-0802
pISSN - 2235-0640
DOI - 10.1159/000442440
Subject(s) - medicine , graves' disease , association (psychology) , selenium , disease , gerontology , philosophy , materials science , epistemology , metallurgy
Selenium (Se) is of importance for regular functioning of the immune system and thyroid gland, and may have a health effect in mild Graves' ophthalmopathy (GO).