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Carnitine Deficiency and Pregnancy

We present two cases of carnitine deficiency in pregnancy. In our first case, systematic screening revealed L-carnitine deficiency in the first born of an asymptomatic mother. In the course of her second pregnancy, maternal carnitine levels showed a deficiency as well. In a second case, a mother kno...

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Autores principales: de Bruyn, Anouk, Jacquemyn, Yves, Kinget, Kristof, Eyskens, François
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4464594/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26113999
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/101468
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description We present two cases of carnitine deficiency in pregnancy. In our first case, systematic screening revealed L-carnitine deficiency in the first born of an asymptomatic mother. In the course of her second pregnancy, maternal carnitine levels showed a deficiency as well. In a second case, a mother known with carnitine deficiency under supplementation was followed throughout her pregnancy. Both pregnancies had an uneventful outcome. Because carnitine deficiency can have serious complications, supplementation with carnitine is advised. This supplementation should be continued throughout pregnancy according to plasma concentrations.
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spelling pubmed-44645942015-06-25 Carnitine Deficiency and Pregnancy de Bruyn, Anouk Jacquemyn, Yves Kinget, Kristof Eyskens, François Case Rep Obstet Gynecol Case Report We present two cases of carnitine deficiency in pregnancy. In our first case, systematic screening revealed L-carnitine deficiency in the first born of an asymptomatic mother. In the course of her second pregnancy, maternal carnitine levels showed a deficiency as well. In a second case, a mother known with carnitine deficiency under supplementation was followed throughout her pregnancy. Both pregnancies had an uneventful outcome. Because carnitine deficiency can have serious complications, supplementation with carnitine is advised. This supplementation should be continued throughout pregnancy according to plasma concentrations. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-05-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4464594/ /pubmed/26113999 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/101468 Text en Copyright © 2015 Anouk de Bruyn et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4464594/
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