Abstract

ConclusionOur 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.

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