Possible involvement of overexposure to environmental selenium in the etiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a short review

• Main Authors: Marco Vinceti (Author), Francesca Bonvicini (Author), Margherita Bergomi (Author), Carlotta Malagoli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Excess exposure to the metalloid selenium (Se), a trace element with both toxicological and nutritional properties, has been implicated in the etiology of a human motor neuron disease of unknown origin and extremely severe prognosis, sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). This relation has be...