Carnitine deficiency presenting with a decreased mental state in a patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis receiving long-term tube feeding: a case report

INTRODUCTION: L-carnitine is an important metabolic mediator involved in fatty acid transport. It is obtained from the diet, particularly from animal products, such as red meat. Previous reports have revealed that long-term tube feeding with a commercial product containing no or low levels of carnit...

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Autores principales: Isse, Naohi, Miura, Yoh, Obata, Toshiyuki, Takahara, Noriko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3917517/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24377720
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-7-286

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