Serum carnitine concentrations in different glomerular diseases with normal renal function

Japanese Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 229-232

  Asami, Tadashi ^a   Yanagihara, Toshio ^b   Tomisawa, Shuichi ^c   Hayakawa, Hiroshi ^a   Uchiyama, Makoto ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Niigata Prefectural Yoshida Hospital   (Japan)

^c Niigata Bandai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood urea nitrogen; Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome; IgA nephropathy; Renal function; Serum carnitine

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS; HUMAN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CARNITINE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE;

EID: 0030147239     PISSN: 03852385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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