Paradise Nut Paradox: Alopecia Due to Selenosis from a Nutritional Therapy

Selenium is a micronutrient. It presents a nutritional conundrum because of its twin status as an essential as well as a highly toxic trace element. Here, we report a case of acute non-intentional selenium toxicity due to increased ingestion of “paradise nuts” (Lecythis ollaria) which resulted in ma...

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Autores principales: Senthilkumaran, Subramanian, Balamurugan, Namasivayam, Vohra, Rais, Thirumalaikolundusubramanian, Ponniah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3681114/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23766617
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7753.111206

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3681114/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23766617
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7753.111206

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