title: Platelet selenium in children with normal and low selenium intake.
abstract: The concentration of selenium was determined by instrumental neutron activation analysis in erythrocytes, platelets, and plasma of eight dietetically treated children with phenylketonuria (n=6) or maple-syrup-urine disease (n=2) with low selenium intake and for ten children with normal selenium intake. The normal selenium concentration in platelets was about 600 ng/g and about five times higher than in erythrocytes of the same children. A decreased selenium concentration in platelets was seen only when the corresponding concentrations in erythrocytes and plasma were very low. This suggests a special role of selenium in platelets.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medicine, Nuclear Research Center, Box 1913, D-5170, Jülich, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kasperek
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lombeck
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kiem
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Iyengar
authors.forename: Y X
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Feinendegen
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Bremer