The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 117, Issue 9 , Pages 696-699 , 1 November 2004

Disturbed metabolism of remnant lipoproteins in patients with subclinical hypothyroidism

  • Mitsuru Ito, MD

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Medicine (MI, AF, YM, HI, TH)
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Mitsuru Ito, MD, First Department of Medicine, Osaka Medical College, 2-7 Daigakumachi, Takatsuki-City, Osaka 569-8686, Japan
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  • Junta Takamatsu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki-City, Osaka, Japan; Takamatsu Thyroid Clinic (JT)
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  • Ichiro Sasaki, MD

      Affiliations

    • Takatsuki-City, Osaka, Japan; and Kuma Hospital (IS, TH*, AM, KK), Kobe, Japan
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  • Tetsuya Hiraiwa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Takatsuki-City, Osaka, Japan; and Kuma Hospital (IS, TH*, AM, KK), Kobe, Japan
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  • Atsushi Fukao, MD

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Medicine (MI, AF, YM, HI, TH)
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  • Yasuhiro Murakami, MD

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Medicine (MI, AF, YM, HI, TH)
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  • Haruhiko Isotani, MD

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Medicine (MI, AF, YM, HI, TH)
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  • Akira Miyauchi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Takatsuki-City, Osaka, Japan; and Kuma Hospital (IS, TH*, AM, KK), Kobe, Japan
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  • Kanji Kuma, MD

      Affiliations

    • Takatsuki-City, Osaka, Japan; and Kuma Hospital (IS, TH*, AM, KK), Kobe, Japan
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  • Toshiaki Hanafusa, MD

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Medicine (MI, AF, YM, HI, TH)

Received 2 September 2003 ,Revised 15 April 2004 ,Accepted 15 April 2004.

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PII: S0002-9343(04)00495-4

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.04.027

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 117, Issue 9 , Pages 696-699 , 1 November 2004

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