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Levocarnitine Use Is Associated With Improvement in Sarcopenia in Patients With Liver Cirrhosis

Although the effect of levocarnitine (L‐carnitine) on hyperammonemia has been reported in patients with liver cirrhosis (LC), its effect on sarcopenia remains to be elucidated. We assessed the effects of L‐carnitine on sarcopenia in patients with LC. We retrospectively evaluated 52 patients with LC...

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Autores principales: Hiramatsu, Akira, Aikata, Hiroshi, Uchikawa, Shinsuke, Ohya, Kazuki, Kodama, Kenichiro, Nishida, Yuno, Daijo, Kana, Osawa, Mitsutaka, Teraoka, Yuji, Honda, Fumi, Inagaki, Yuki, Morio, Kei, Morio, Reona, Fujino, Hatsue, Nakahara, Takashi, Murakami, Eisuke, Yamauchi, Masami, Kawaoka, Tomokazu, Miki, Daiki, Tsuge, Masataka, Imamura, Michio, Tanaka, Junko, Chayama, Kazuaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6396356/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30859147
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep4.1309