Infantile lipid storage myopathy with nocturnal hypoventilation shows abnormal low-affinity muscle carnitine uptake in vitro

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 320-322

  Vergani, Lodovica ^a   Angelini, Corrado ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Infantile lipid storage myopathy; Low affinity muscle carnitine; Nocturnal hypoventilation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARNITINE DEFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOVENTILATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INFANT; LIPID STORAGE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

CARNITINE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOVENTILATION; INFANT; LIPID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; MUSCLES; MUSCULAR DISEASES; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES;

EID: 0033006194     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(98)00131-X     Document Type: Article

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