Primary carnitine deficiency: Adult onset lipid storage myopathy with a mild clinical course

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 919-924

  Vielhaber, S ^a,f   Feistner, H ^a   Weis, J ^b,c   Kreuder, J ^d   Sailer, M ^a   Schroder J M ^c   Kunz, W S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^f OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

carnitine; lipid storage disease; mitochondria; myalgia; myopathy

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; CREATINE KINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARNITINE DEFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPIDOSIS; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; CARNITINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MUSCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 7444220734     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2003.11.019     Document Type: Article

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