Flow-mediated, endothelium-dependent vasodilatation is impaired in subjects with hypothyroidism, borderline hypothyroidism, and high-normal serum thyrotropin (tsh) values

Thyroid

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 411-414

  Lekakis, John ^a,b   Papamichael, Christos ^a   Alevizaki, Maria ^a   Piperingos, Gregorios ^a   Marafelia, Panayiota ^a   Mantzos, John ^a   Stamatelopoulos, Stamatios ^a   Koutras, Demetrios A ^a  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BORDERLINE STATE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY RISK; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID HORMONE METABOLISM;

EID: 0030875234     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.1997.7.411     Document Type: Article

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