Increased carotid IMT in overweight and obese women affected by Hashimoto's thyroiditis: an adiposity and autoimmune linkage?

BACKGROUND: Hashimoto's thyroiditis is the most important cause of hypothyroidism. It is a systemic disease that can even affect the cardiovascular system, by accelerating the atherosclerotic process. Aim of this study was to examine whether autoimmune thyroiditis has an effect on the intima-me...

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Autores principales: Ciccone, Marco M, De Pergola, Giovanni, Porcelli, Maria T, Scicchitano, Pietro, Caldarola, Pasquale, Iacoviello, Massimo, Pietro, Guida, Giorgino, Francesco, Favale, Stefano
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2885992/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20509904
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-10-22

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2885992/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20509904
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-10-22

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