Urinary excretion of l-carnitine and acylcarnitines by patients with disorders of organic acid metabolism: Evidence for secondary insufficiency of l-carnitine

Pediatric Research

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1984, Pages 1325-1328

  Chalmers, R A ^a   Roe, C R ^b   Stacey, T E ^a   Hoppel, C L ^c  

^a MRC Clinical Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLCARNITINE; CARNITINE;

ACIDEMIA; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ISOVALERIC ACIDEMIA; METHYLMALONIC ACIDURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIC ACIDEMIA; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; CARNITINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYSINE; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; MIDDLE AGE; PENTANOIC ACIDS; PROPIONIC ACIDS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0021710439     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-198412000-00021     Document Type: Article

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