Selenium deficiency can cause a series of symptoms, such as cardiovascular disease, Kaschin-Beck disease and
Keshan disease.
32 mg/kg among individuals (n = 366) with
Keshan Disease (caused by selenium deficiency) and 0.
Serum biomarkers of
Keshan disease assessed using a protein profiling approach based on ClinProt technique.
Selenium is also related to other diseases involving tissue damage, such as
Keshan disease (heart disease), Kaschin disease (bone disease) and myxedematosus endemic cretinism.
Keshan disease is a cardiomyopathy of children and young women and manifests as acute or chronic cardiac enlargement and arrhythmia.
Johnson CC, Ge X, Green KA, Liu X (2000) Selenium distribution in the local environment of selected villages of the
Keshan Disease belt, Zhangjiakou District, Hebei Province, People's Republic of China.
Keshan disease has been reported in areas of China where selenium soil levels are extremely low.
It is well known that Se, Zn, and Cu in serum can affect certain he art diseases such as
Keshan disease, heart failure, cardiomyopathy, and atherosclerosis (1-11).
In parts of China - where selenium levels in the soil are at their lowest - selenium deficiency is linked to
Keshan Disease, which causes poor heart function.
Selenium deficiency, although rare, is associated with
Keshan disease, which is a type of cardiomyopathy affecting mainly children and young women primarily in China where selenium intake is low.
The most common signs of selenium deficiency seen in
Keshan Disease are an enlarged heart and poor heart function (11).
In 1979, Chinese scientists reported the relationship of selenium to
Keshan disease, a form of heart disease found in children and young women in a large area of China where soil is deficient in selenium.
