Impaired acylcarnitine profile in transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia major patients in Bangladesh

Patients with beta-thalassemia major (BTM) suffer from fatigue, poor physical fitness, muscle weakness, lethargy, and cardiac complications which are related to an energy crisis. Carnitine and acylcarnitine derivatives play important roles in fatty acid oxidation, and deregulation of carnitine and a...

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Main Authors: Suprovath Kumar Sarker, Md Tarikul Islam, Golam Sarower Bhuyan, Nusrat Sultana, Mst. Noorjahan Begum, Mohammad Al Mahmud-Un-Nabi, Md. Abdulla Al Noman Howladar, Tashmim Farhana Dipta, A.K.M. Muraduzzaman, Syeda Kashfi Qadri, Tahmina Shirin, Salma Sadiya, Manzoor Hussain, Waqar Ahmed Khan, Sharif Akhteruzzaman, Syed Saleheen Qadri, Firdausi Qadri, Kaiissar Mannoor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-07-01
Series:Journal of Advanced Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2090123218300547