Long-term L-Carnitine Administration reduces Erythropoietin Resistance in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients with Thalassemia Minor

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Both thalassemia and carnitine deficiency represent independent causes of erythropoietin resistance, and thus anemia, in uremic patients. We evaluated the unknown long-term effects of L-carnitine administration in β-thalassemic on chronic hemodialysis. METHODS: We studied twelve...

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Autores principales: Di Iorio, Biagio R., Guastaferro, Pasquale, Cillo, Nicola, Cucciniello, Emanuele, Bellizzi, Vincenzo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Libertas Academica 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3155231/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21901057

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