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Association of Low Serum l-Carnitine Levels with Aortic Stiffness in Patients with Non-Dialysis Chronic Kidney Disease

l-carnitine (LC) is a co-factor in fatty acid metabolism; its role with respect to aortic stiffness (AS) associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) was unclear. Our aim was to investigate associations between serum LC levels and AS in patients with non-dialysis CKD stage 3–5. The AS patients were...

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Autores principales: Hsieh, Yi-Jen, Hsu, Bang-Gee, Lai, Yu-Hsien, Wang, Chih-Hsien, Lin, Yu-Li, Kuo, Chiu-Huang, Tsai, Jen-Pi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7598620/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32987670
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12102918