Serum-free carnitine levels in children with heart failure

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 168-169

  Ergür, Ayça Törel ^a,b   Tanzer, Fatos ^a   Çetinkaya, Öge ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Ortulupinar Mah   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CARNITINE DEFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PEDIATRICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; CARNITINE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA, HEART; MYOCARDIUM; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 0033000049     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/45.3.168     Document Type: Article

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