Endocardial fibroelastosis and primary carnitine deficiency due to a defect in the plasma membrane carnitine transporter

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 243-246

  Bennett, Michael J ^a,e   Hale, Daniel E ^b   Pollitt, Rodney J ^c   Stanley, Charles A ^d   Variend, Sadick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

carnitrine deficiency; familial cardiomyopathy; mitochondrial beta oxidation; sudden infant death

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARNITINE DEFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOCARDIAL FIBROELASTOSIS; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; INFANT; SKIN FIBROBLAST; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

EID: 0029812810     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960190320     Document Type: Article

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