Correlation of serum L-carnitine and dehydro-epiandrosterone sulphate levels with age and sex in healthy adults

Age and Ageing

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 211-216

  Chiu, Kit Mui ^a   Schmidt, Mary J ^b   Havighurst, Thomas C ^c   Shug, Austin L ^b   Daynes, Raymond A ^d   Keller, Evan T ^e,f   Gravenstein, Stefan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Metab Analysis Laboratories Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^e EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnitine; Dehydro epiandrosterone sulphate; Gerontology; Mitochondrial energy metabolism; Sex

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; STERYL SULFATASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GERONTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CARNITINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0032904185     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/28.2.211     Document Type: Article

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