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Association between 4-year all-cause mortality and carnitine profile in maintenance hemodialysis patients
BACKGROUND: Patients on dialysis are in a chronic carnitine-deficient state. This condition may be associated with abnormalities of the fatty acid and organic acid metabolisms. Carnitine is required for β-oxidation of the long-chain fatty acids; therefore, carnitine deficiency decreases the efficien...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6104933/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30133480 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201591 |