Journal of Clinical Toxicology
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Noor Hospital, Tehran, Iran

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• Research Article   
  The Effect of Selenium on Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: Systemic Review and Meta Analysis
  Author(s): Ehsan Alijani* and Neda Abbasi
  
  Background: Selenium forms a significant component of seleno-proteins in the body. Seleno-methionine is integrated into proteins instead of methionine and acts as a storage pool. In proteins, the active form of Selenium is seleno-cysteine.in this review we aim to prevail the results of selenium effect on thyroid status in recent clinical trials. The systemic review aims to find out the correlation between supplementation of Selenium and anti-TPO antibodies and T4 levels in Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis. Selenium supplementation decreases the level of anti-TPO antibodies. The supplementation of Selenium increases the level of T4 levels. Methods: The mean and standard deviation (SD) of all 8 studies was were calculated. One of the researches had all the information in figures, and only the levels of anti-TPO antibodies and FT4 were obtained. Hete.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2161-0495.20.10.440

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