Keshan disease
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congestive cardiomyopathy caused by a combination of dietary deficiency of selenium and the presence of a mutated strain of Coxsackievirus
Research
295 papers- Keshan Disease.2026
- Keshan Disease: A Potentially Fatal Endemic Cardiomyopathy in Remote Mountains of China.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021
- Keshan disease and mitochondrial cardiomyopathy.Science in China. Series C, Life sciences · 2006
- [Keshan disease--a review from the aspect of history and etiology].Nihon eiseigaku zasshi. Japanese journal of hygiene · 2002
- Prevention of Keshan Disease by Selenium Supplementation: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Biological trace element research · 2018
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- health specialty
- endocrinology
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- ICD-9-CM
- 269.3
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