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Delirium tremens and selenium
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013079
Type of Spiritual Experience
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A description of the experience
Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1986 Aug;74(2):217-9.
Selenium concentrations in blood and serum from patients with mental diseases.
Alertsen AR, Aukrust A, Skaug OE.
Blood and serum concentrations of selenium have been determined in a group of psychiatric patients and in 35 healthy controls. The psychiatric group consisted of 14 schizophrenics, seven paranoid disorders, six affective psychosis (manic-depressive), four reactive psychosis, 11 dementia senilis, 17 with a diagnosis of neurosis and two with delirium tremens. Normal values were found in all groups except for delirium tremens where decreased blood and serum values were found.
PMID: 3776668