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SUBMITTER: Oliveira-Silva JA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6428122 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan-Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Oliveira-Silva José Araújo de JA Yamamoto Joyce Umbelino Pinto JUP Oliveira Renata Bernardes de RB Monteiro Vaneisse Cristina Lima VCL Frangipani Beatriz Jurkiewcz BJ Kyosen Sandra Obikawa SO Martins Ana Maria AM D'Almeida Vânia V
Genetics and molecular biology 20190101 1
We assessed levels of plasma selenium (Se), selenoproteins and their change after Se supplementation in patients with mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) types I, II and VI. This was done in a retrospective study of the medical records of 30 patients with MPS I (n=13), MPS II (n=9) and MPS VI (n=8) who were being treated with enzyme replacement therapy. As part of routine nutritional monitoring, Se levels were measured, revealing that 28 patients (93.3%) had values below the normal range. Therefore, the ...[more]