Carnitine deficiency in patients with coeliac disease and idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 279-283

  Curione, M ^a,b   Danese, C ^a   Viola, F ^a   Di Bona, S ^a   Anastasia, A ^a   Cugini, P ^a   Barbato, M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Carnitine; Coeliac disease; Gluten free diet

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944478992     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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