Clinical and laboratory evaluation of hyperlipemic and hypothyroid patients

OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of hypothyroidism in a sample of hyperlipemic patients and evaluate clinical and laboratory factors indicative of thyropathy among them. METHODS: Fifty-one hyperlipemic patients, grouped according to an earlier or recent diagnosis of their thyroid function into...

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Main Authors: Ana Valéria Barros de Castro, Alexandra Procópio Bononi, Flávio Aragon, Carlos Roberto Padovani, Célia Regina Nogueira, Gláucia M. F. da Silva Mazeto, Walkyria de Paula Pimenta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2001-02-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2001000200003