The role and significance of selenium in clinical practice
AUTHORS : Chernetsova L.V.
RELEVANT UNIVERSITIES : Izhevsk State Medical Academy, Izhevsk, Russia
YEAR : 2005
In the last 15–20 years, the study of the biological role of selenium in human life and pathology has attracted more and more attention of researchers from
different countries. Selenium, which occupies the 34th cell of the periodic table, is a key trace
element in the spectrum of minerals that a person needs. Of the 92 naturally occurring trace elements in the human body, 81 were found, while 15 of them
(iron, iodine, copper, zinc, cobalt, chromium, molybdenum, nickel, vanadium,
selenium, manganese, arsenic, fluorine, silicon, lithium) are recognized as
essential , i.e. vital.
