Thyroid Function and Carotid Wall Thickness

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2145-2149

  Völzke, Henry ^a   Robinson, Daniel M ^a   Schminke, Ulf ^a   Lüdemann, Jan ^a   Rettig, Rainer ^a   Felix, Stephan B ^a   Kessler, Christof ^a   John, Ulrich ^a   Meng, Wieland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANAMNESIS; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENDER; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 18144451097     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2003-031028     Document Type: Article

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