Are serum thyrotropin levels within the reference range associated with endothelial function?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 217-224

  Völzke, Henry ^a   Robinson, Daniel M ^a   Spielhagen, Thomas ^a   Nauck, Matthias ^a   Obst, Anne ^a   Ewert, Ralf ^a   Wolff, Birger ^a,b   Wallaschofski, Henri ^a   Felix, Stephan B ^a   Dörr, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endothelial function; Epidemiology; Thyroid function

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUPINE POSITION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROTROPIN; VASODILATION;

EID: 58449108093     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn508     Document Type: Article

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