Primary carnitine deficiency (PCD) is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder arising from mutations in the SLC22A5 gene, which encodes the OCTN2 transporter responsible for cellular carnitine ...

Aim. Serum carnitine level and its associated factors have been evaluated in patients with chronic viral hepatitis. Methods. Patients with confirmed chronic viral hepatitis based on the serological ...

Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1A (CPT1A) deficiency is a rare condition characterized by mitochondrial fatty acid b-oxidation. It follows the autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance. When energy ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Women, but not men, at risk for or who have early dementia exhibited free carnitine deficiency. Free-carnitine ...

Carnitine is both obtained from nutrition and produced by the body. In preterm infants, the main sources of carnitine are breast milk and infant formulae containing carnitine. Very preterm infants ...

A vegan diet does not affect maternal breastmilk concentrations of vitamin B2 and carnitine, nutrients essential for the developing infant. These are the results of an Amsterdam UMC study, presented ...

This cross-sectional case–control study was performed in patients with chronic viral hepatitis (HBV and/or HCV) who were referred to the hepatitis outpatient clinic of Imam-Khomeini Hospital Complex ...