Significant reduction of elevated serum lipoprotein(a) concentrations during levo-thyroxine-replacement therapy in a hypothyroid patient

Journal of Clinical Lipidology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 388-391

  Murase, Toshio ^a,b   Arimoto, Sadao ^b   Okubo, Minoru ^a,b   Morinaga, Shinichi ^b  

^a Okinaka Memorial Institute for Medical Research   (Japan)

^b TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apolipoproteins; Hypothyroidism; Levo thyroxine; Lipoprotein(a); Serum lipoproteins

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; LIPOPROTEIN A; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LARYNX CANCER; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

APOLIPOPROTEINS B; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LIPOPROTEIN(A); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 84864283755     PISSN: 19332874     EISSN: 18764789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacl.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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