Plasma and urinary carnitine and acylcarnitines in chronic fatigue syndrome

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 360, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 173-177

  Jones, Mark G ^a   Goodwin, C Stewart ^a   Amjad, Saira ^a,c   Chalmers, Ronald A ^a,b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c DAVY FARADAY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acylcarnitines; Blood plasma; Carnitine; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Urine

Indexed keywords

ACYLCARNITINE; CARNITINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ESTERIFICATION; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOENZYMATIC ASSAY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; UNITED KINGDOM; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CARNITINE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE;

EID: 24044539218     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cccn.2005.04.029     Document Type: Article

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