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Serum homocysteine levels are decreased in levothyroxine-treated women with autoimmune thyroiditis

BACKGROUND: Hyperhomocysteinemia is a well-known cardiovascular risk factor and its elevation is established in overt hypothyroidism. Since some authors suggest that chronic autoimmune thyroiditis per se may be considered as a novel risk factor of atherosclerosis independent of thyroid function, the...

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Autores principales: Owecki, Maciej, Dorszewska, Jolanta, Sawicka-Gutaj, Nadia, Oczkowska, Anna, Owecki, Michał K, Michalak, Michał, Fischbach, Jakub, Kozubski, Wojciech, Ruchała, Marek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3946149/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24581448
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6823-14-18