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y lipopolysaccharide administration. These results indicate that orally
administrated K1 suppressed inflammation in the rat.
PMID: 16636460 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Olmez A, Yalcin S, Yurdakok K, Coskun T. Serum selenium levels in acute gastroenteritis
of possible viral origin. J Trop Pediatr. 2004 Apr;50(2):78-81.
Hacettepe University, Ihsan Doğramaci Children's Hospital, Department of
Pediatric Neurology, Ankara, Turkey. dr_akgun@yahoo.com
Selenium, as an essential micronutrient, is required for the proper functioning of
the immune system and its deficiency affects the occurrence, virulence, or
disease progression of some viral infections. We conducted a study to determine
the serum selenium levels of children with acute gastroenteritis of possible viral
origin and the effect of the serum selenium levels on the severity and the
morbidity of the disease. The study was performed prospectively on 109 children
aged 2-24 months with diarrhea of less than 8 days' duration admitted to the
Diarrheal Disease Training and Treatment Unit. Blood samples were taken for
selenium measurement on admission and 7-10 days after the end of the disease.
Forty-three healthy children formed the control group. The mean serum selenium
level on admission (62.41 +/- 13.06 microg/dl) was significantly lower than the
mean of the second samples 7-10 days after the end of the diarrhea (81.73 +/-
17.10 microg/dl). The mean of the control group was 74.36 +/- 10.75 microg/dl,
which was lower than the mean of the second samples but higher than the first
sample. The frequency of vomiting and purging on admission and at the control
visit, duration of diarrhea on admission, total duration of diarrhea, dehydration,
breastfeeding, sex of the patients, and severity score of the disease did not alter
the serum selenium levels. No correlation was detected between serum selenium
levels and the parameters above. Further studies about the changes in selenium
status during infectious diseases and the effect of selenium status on related
mortality and morbidity are required to determine if there is need for
supplementation.
PMID: 15088795 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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