Endocrine Abstracts

Selenium (Se) has been shown to capture radicals, one of which is oxygen originating from thyroxin-peroxidase (TPO) activity. Se supplementation to patients with Hashimoto’s resulted in a decrease of anti-TPO-titers and Se concentrations of ≥1.4 μmol/l have been proven to prevent deterioration of post partum thyreoiditis. Our group previously showed that in nonpregnant women with Hashimoto’s Se concentrations were decreased, and pregnant women have decreas...