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Keshan disease

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Keshan disease

Inflammation of the heart muscle caused a Coxsackie virus. It can be fatal and is endemic in parts of rural China. US researchers 1995 found evidence that the disease was triggered by selenium deficiency; when selenium supplements were given in the affected areas incidence was reduced.



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In this region two endemic diseases, Keshan disease (juvenile cardiomyopathy) and Kashin-Beck disease (osteoarthropathy), have been reported.
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