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Treatment of hypothyroidism reduces low-density lipoproteins but not lipoprotein(a).
Metabolism: clinical and experimental - 1 Aug 1992
Klausen I C, Nielsen F E, Hegedüs L, Gerdes L U, Charles P, Faergeman O
Abstract excerpt
Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is a low-density lipoprotein (LDL) particle in which apolipoprotein B-100 (apo B) is attached to a large plasminogen-like protein called apolipoprotein(a) [apo(a)]. Apo(a) has several genetically determined phenotypes differing in molecular weight, to which Lp(a) concentrations in plasma are inversely correlated. LDL and apo B levels are often elevated in untreated hypothyroidism and...
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