Low availability of carnitine precursors as a possible reason for the diminished plasma carnitine concentrations in pregnant women

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ringseis, Robert ^a   Hanisch, Nicole ^b   Seliger, Gregor ^c   Eder, Klaus ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c Krankenhaus St Elisabeth und St Barbara   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; CARNITINE; FERRITIN; GAMMA BUTYROBETAINE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRIMETHYLLYSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BETAINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GAMMA-BUTYROBETAINE; LYSINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; BLOOD; GERMANY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BETAINE; CARNITINE; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GERMANY; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LYSINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD;

EID: 77951112808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-10-17     Document Type: Article

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