Decrease of serum carnitine levels in patients with or without gastrointestinal cancer cachexia

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 28, 2006, Pages 4541-4545

  Malaguarnera, Mariano ^a   Risino, Corrado ^a   Gargante, Maria Pia ^a   Oreste, Giovanni ^a   Barone, Gloria ^a   Tomasello, Anna Veronica ^a   Costanzo, Mario ^a   Cannizzaro, Matteo Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetyl carnitine; Anorexia; Fatigue; Malnutrition; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARNITINE; CARNITINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CACHEXIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIETARY INTAKE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE COURSE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RANK SUM TEST; STEP WISE MULTIPLE REGRESSION; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

EID: 33747492335     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i28.4541     Document Type: Article

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