A comparison of plasma and muscle carnitine levels in patients on peritoneal or hemodialysis for chronic renal failure

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1983, Pages 205-208

  Vishnu Moorthy, A ^a   Rosenblum, Michael ^a   Rajaram, Ramachandran ^a   Shug, Austin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic renal failure; Hemodialysis; Muscle carnitine; Peritoneal dialysis; Plasma

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE;

CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY; MUSCLE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONEUM; PLASMA;

CARNITINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MUSCLES; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY; RENAL DIALYSIS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0020965905     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: 14219670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000166711     Document Type: Article

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