Lipoprotein (a) and apolipoprotein (a) isoform size in thyroid disease: The quest for the golden fleece

Thyroid

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 345-346

  Duntas, Leonidas H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; ISOPROTEIN; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIPOPROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN A; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; EDITORIAL; ETHNOLOGY; EUTHYROIDISM; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEREDITY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MOLECULAR SIZE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION;

EID: 0038702173     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/105072503321669820     Document Type: Editorial

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