The association of thyroid function and heart valve sclerosis. Results from a population-based study

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 495-502

  Dörr, Marcus ^a   Ruppert, Jörg ^a   Wallaschofski, Henri ^a   Felix, Stephan B ^a   Völzke, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Heart valve sclerosis; Hypothyroidism; Study of health in pomerania; Thyroid dysfunction

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCIFICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; HEART VALVE SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK; SCLEROSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID FUNCTION; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC VALVE; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; POPULATION; SCLEROSIS; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 46749124701     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K07E-083     Document Type: Article

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