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Selenium Eases Thyroiditis. (Nutrition).
Selenium supplementation reduces autoantibody concentrations in patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis and lowers disease activity, Dr. Barbara Gasnier reported at the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society.
Results of a randomized placebo-controlled pilot study involving 72 women with Hashimoto's thyroiditis suggest moderate-level selenium supplementation may be a low-cost, safe, and effective new therapy that curbs progression of this common autoimmune disease, according to Dr. Gasnier of the University of Munich.
Half of the patients were randomized to 200 [micro]g/day of sodium selenite for 3 months; the other half got placebo. All ...
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