Effect of oral L-carnitine on serum myoglobin in hemodialysis patients

Renal Failure

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 91-96

  Feinfeld, D A ^a,b   Kurian, P ^a   Cheng, J T ^c   Dilimetin, G ^a   Arriola, M R ^a   Ward, L ^a,b   Manis, T ^a   Carvounis, C P ^a,b  

^a NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Columbia Univ Coll Phys Surgs ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Carnitine; Hemodialysis; Muscle symptoms; Myoglobin

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; CREATINE KINASE; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; MYOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; FATIGUE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029989266     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08860229609052778     Document Type: Article

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