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Editorial
. 2020 Apr 10;12(4):1049.
doi: 10.3390/nu12041049.

The Role of Selenium in Health and Disease: Emerging and Recurring Trends

Catherine Méplan  1 , David J Hughes  2
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Editorial

The Role of Selenium in Health and Disease: Emerging and Recurring Trends

Catherine Méplan et al. Nutrients. .

Abstract

In this Special Issue of Nutrients, "The Role of Selenium in Health and Disease" covers diverse diseases in the 8 original research articles and 2 reviews, such as cardiovascular disorders (CVD), metabolic syndrome, obesity, cancer, and viral infection, and highlights novel potential biomarkers of disease risk and prognosis [...].

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest. Though, combined, they are co-authors on two of the papers in this special review [3,6], all submissions were considered impartially in this editorial commentary.

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