Serum carnitine concentrations correlated to clinical outcome parameters in chronic hemodialysis patients

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-34

  Steiber, A L ^a,d   Weatherspoon, L J ^a   Spry, L ^b   Davis, A T ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dialysis Center of Lincoln Inc   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnitine; Hemodialysis; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACYLCARNITINE; AMINO ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CARNITINE; MANNITOL; NITROGEN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; UREA;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; UNITED STATES; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 1242342233     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5614(03)00085-2     Document Type: Article

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