The effect of statin therapy on thyroid autoimmunity in patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis: A pilot study.
CONCLUSIONS: Although 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors are able to reduce thyroid autoimmunity in women with Hashimoto's thyroiditis, intensive statin therapy is required to produce this effect.
PMID: 26922549 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Pharmacological Reports - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Krysiak R, Kowalcze K, Okopień B Tags: Pharmacol Rep Source Type: research
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