The Unexpected Effects of L-Carnitine Supplementation on Lipid Metabolism in Hemodialysis Patients

Background/Aims: There is a growing body of evidence that the long-term hemodialysis (HD) treatment leads to disturbances of carnitine homeostasis but the results of L-carnitine supplementation in HD patients have been conflicting. In the present prospective study, we investigated the effectiveness...

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Main Authors: Lea Katalinic, Branimir Krtalic, Bojan Jelakovic, Nikolina Basic-Jukic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2018-07-01
Series:Kidney & Blood Pressure Research
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Online Access:https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/491807