L-carnitine Moderately Improves the Exercise Tolerance in Chronic Stable Angina

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1050-1052

  Iyer, R N ^a   Khan, A A ^a   Gupta, A ^a   Vajifdar, B U ^a   Lokhandwala, Y Y ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGINA PECTORIS; CARNITINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0034329095     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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