Effect of selenium deficiency on tissue
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Jian Hua Piao; Kristina E. Hill; Robert W. Hunt Jr.; Raymond F. Burk
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Article
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1990
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of selenium deficiency on tissue taurine levels and urinary taurine excretion. Weanling male Sprague-Dawley rats were fed selenium-deficient or selenium-adequate diets for 20 weeks. As selenium deficiency developed, urinary taurine excretion incr