Dialysis-related carnitine deficiency: pharmacokinetic, pharmacological and clinical aspects

• In: APSA EARLY CAREER RESEARCHER SYMPOSIUM on Tuesday, 15 April 2014, 16:00-17:30
• At: PSWC, Melbourne (Australia) (2014)
• Type: Presentation
• By: REUTER, Stephanie (University of South Australia, School of Pharmacy & Medical Sciences, Adelaide, Australia)
• Co-author(s): Faull, Randall (Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia)
  Evans, Allan (University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia)
  
• Abstract:

  Carnitine is a conditionally essential nutrient with an obligatory role in the mitochondrial metabolism of fatty acids and maintenance of free coenzyme A availability, a process which results in the esterification of L-carnitine to form acylcarnitine derivatives. Endogenous carnitine levels are maintained within relatively narrow limits via

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