Estimation of Selenium Level in Serum of Iraqi Thalassemic Patients After Ferritin Assay
Background: Selenium, a trace element with antioxidant properties, decreased in patients with blood disorders. Objective: To see if blood transfusion in those patients with thalassemia corrects the level of selenium in their blood. Materials & Methods: Seventeen patients enrolled in this small...
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| Language: | English |
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College of Pharmacy / Mustansiriyah University
2010-06-01
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| Series: | Al-Mustansiriyah Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| Online Access: | https://ajps.uomustansiriyah.edu.iq/index.php/AJPS/article/view/319 |
| Summary: | Background: Selenium, a trace element with antioxidant properties, decreased in patients with blood disorders.
Objective: To see if blood transfusion in those patients with thalassemia corrects the level of selenium in their blood.
Materials & Methods: Seventeen patients enrolled in this small study, ten of them females and seven were males, their ages were ranged from 1.5-73 years.
Ferritin and selenium levels were estimated using Mini-Vidas and atomic absorption technique respectively.
Results: Decreased selenium level in both non-bloods transfused (0.33±0.17ppm) and blood transfused patients (0.30±0.24ppm) show no effect of blood transfusion on the level of this trace element.
Conclusion: Selenium supplement is the only way to elevate the level of this element in the body with some precautions of selenium toxicity. Further studies
on this subject are recommended.
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| ISSN: | 1815-0993 2959-183X |