Lack of significant association between intima-media thickness in the carotid artery and serum TSH level. The Tromsø Study

Thyroid

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-25

  Jorde, Rolf ^a,b   Joakimsen, Oddmund ^a,b   Stensland, Eva ^a,b   Mathiesen, Ellisiv B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAROTID ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; THYROTROPIN; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED;

EID: 38649136363     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2007.0165     Document Type: Article

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