On the importance of selenium and iodine
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Lutz Schomburg; Josef KΓΆhrle
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Article
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2008
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The trace elements iodine and selenium (Se) are essential for thyroid gland functioning and thyroid hormone biosynthesis and metabolism. While iodine is needed as the eponymous constituent of the two major thyroid hormones triiodoβLβthyronine (T3), and tetraiodoβLβthyronine (T4), Se is