Kinetics of carnitine concentration after switching from oral administration to intravenous injection in hemodialysis patients

Carnitine has high dialyzability and is often deficient in dialysis patients. This deficiency is treated by either intravenous (IV) or oral supplementation of carnitine. In this study, the mode of carnitine administration was changed from oral to IV in 17 hemodialysis (HD) patients, and the treatmen...

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Main Authors: Anna Suzuki, Yukinao Sakai, Kazumasa Hashimoto, Hirokazu Osawa, Shuichi Tsuruoka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-10-01
Series:Renal Failure
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0886022X.2018.1455587