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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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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| spelling | doaj.art-4aa7076b2a0c45949af838800a310b0f2024-04-04T06:59:09ZengCollege of Pharmacy / Mustansiriyah UniversityAl-Mustansiriyah Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences1815-09932959-183X2010-06-017110.32947/ajps.v7i1.319Estimation of Selenium Level in Serum of Iraqi Thalassemic Patients After Ferritin AssaySundus Kh. Al-Khazraji0MSc Clinical Biochemistry, Assistant Instructor, College of Pharmacy, Al-Mustansiriya University 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. https://ajps.uomustansiriyah.edu.iq/index.php/AJPS/article/view/319 |
| spellingShingle | Sundus Kh. Al-Khazraji Estimation of Selenium Level in Serum of Iraqi Thalassemic Patients After Ferritin Assay Al-Mustansiriyah Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| title | Estimation of Selenium Level in Serum of Iraqi Thalassemic Patients After Ferritin Assay |
| title_full | Estimation of Selenium Level in Serum of Iraqi Thalassemic Patients After Ferritin Assay |
| title_fullStr | Estimation of Selenium Level in Serum of Iraqi Thalassemic Patients After Ferritin Assay |
| title_full_unstemmed | Estimation of Selenium Level in Serum of Iraqi Thalassemic Patients After Ferritin Assay |
| title_short | Estimation of Selenium Level in Serum of Iraqi Thalassemic Patients After Ferritin Assay |
| title_sort | estimation of selenium level in serum of iraqi thalassemic patients after ferritin assay |
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