title: [The importance of the trace element selenium in internal diseases].
abstract: Issuing from the existence of selenium and its interactions with other elements its essentiality in biochemical processes of man was explained. In correspondence with other research teams also own results speak for a relative selenium deficiency in the Middle-European region. Alterations of the cell integrity caused by selenium deficiency may play a role in the etiopathogenesis and perpetuation of chronic cardiovascular diseases as well as of disturbances of the immunoregulation. Recent epidemiological studies and clinical experimental investigations show potential tendencies for prophylaxis and therapy of diseases which are remarkable in health policy.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Innere Medizin, Bereiches Medizin, Karl-Marx-Universität, Leipzig.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kuklinski
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Voigt
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Herzfeld
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Joel
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Köhler
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007153:Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / Q000097:blood; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000097:blood; D012643:Selenium / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D012643:Selenium
vernacular_title: Zur Bedeutung des Spurenelementes Selen bei inneren Krankheiten.