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Serum carnitine as an independent biomarker of malnutrition in patients with impaired oral intake
Carnitine is a vitamin-like compound that plays important roles in fatty acid β-oxidation and the control of the mitochondrial coenzyme A/acetyl-CoA ratio. However, carnitine is not added to ordinary enteral nutrition or total parenteral nutrition. In this study, we determined the serum carnitine co...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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the Society for Free Radical Research Japan
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4227833/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25411530 http://dx.doi.org/10.3164/jcbn.14-77 |