Selenium deficiency

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• Synonyms

  • Keshan disease

• Effects

  • Striated muscle degeneration
  • Intravascular haemolysis
  • Kashin-Beck disease
  • Acquired dilated cardiomyopathy

• Parents

  • Mineral deficiency
  • Acquired metabolic disease

• Description

  • "Selenium deficiency in combination with Coxsackievirus infection leads to Keshan disease i.e. myocardial . Selenium disease combined with Iodine deficiency leads to Kashin- Beck disease i.e cartlage degeneration."