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Effects of switching from oral administration to intravenous injection of l-carnitine on lipid metabolism in hemodialysis patients

BACKGROUND: Carnitine deficiency may contribute to cardiovascular disease (CVD) in patients with hemodialysis (HD). Dyslipidemia plays a role in CVD and its prevalence is also high in HD patients. We examined here the effects of switching from oral administration (PO) to intravenous (IV) injection o...

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Autores principales: Fukami, Kei, Yamagishi, Sho-ichi, Sakai, Kazuko, Nasu, Makoto, Okuda, Seiya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4379340/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25878778
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sfu082