Severe Selenium Deficiency Secondary to Chylous Loss
- 1 March 2006
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
- Vol. 30 (2) , 173-174
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0148607106030002173
Abstract
Selenium deficiency is observed in patients with poor intake. We report the first case of a child with lymphangiomatosis who presented a myopathy associated with severe cardiomyopathy secondary to selenium deficiency due to selenium loss in chylous fluid.Keywords
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