Serum Trace Elements Profile in Graves' Disease Patients with or without Orbitopathy in Northeast China.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of the present study was to investigate serum trace elements in Graves' disease (GD) patients with or without orbitopathy in Northeast China.

Methods

Patients with newly diagnosed Graves' disease (HyGD) (n = 66), GD patients with euthyroid status or subclinical thyroidism after treatment (EUGD) (n = 55), GO patients with euthyroid status or subclinical thyroidism after treatment (GO) (n = 57), and normal controls (NC) (n = 66) were enrolled in this study. Serum trace elements were measured with ICP-MS.

Results

Serum selenium (Se) levels in EUGD group (median: 7.53 µg/dL), HyGD group (median: 6.76 µg/dL), and GO group (median: 7.40 µg/dL) were significantly lower than those in NC group (median: 9.20

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5818896 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature