L-Carnitine Supplementation in Patients with Advanced Cancer and Carnitine Deficiency: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 622-631

  Cruciani, Ricardo A ^a,b   Dvorkin, Ella ^a   Homel, Peter ^a   Culliney, Bruce ^a   Malamud, Stephen ^a   Lapin, Jeanne ^a   Portenoy, Russell K ^b   Esteban Cruciani, Nora ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

advanced cancer; carnitine deficiency; L Carnitine; supplementation

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CARNITINE DEFICIENCY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFUSION; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OPEN STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUPPLEMENTATION; TINNITUS; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; ANEMIA; CARNITINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63249123941     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2008.03.021     Document Type: Article

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