Response Patterns to  DL -Carnitine in Patients on Maintenance Haemodialysis

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10 hypertriglyceridaemic haemodialysis patients were given dl-carnitine, 600 mg daily, for 8 weeks and then 1.2 g daily for 12 weeks. Serum total cholesterol, total triglyceride, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and plasma free fatty acid (FFA), glucose, and immunoreactive insulin concentrations were measured at regular intervals during the treatment. Intravenous fat tolerance tests were performed in 9 patients. Plasma FFA concentrations fell and the post-heparin fractional clearance rate of Intralipid increased significantly after dl-carnitine administration. While overall no clear-cut effect of dl-carnitine on serum lipids was found, two patterns of response to dl-carnitine could be distinguished: the ‘paradoxic’ response with a rise in serum triglyceride concentrations and the dual response to two different dosages of dl-carnitine.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): NEF

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Nephron

Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.1660-8151

Title: Nephron

Publisher: S. Karger AG

ISSN (Print): 1660-8151

ISSN (Electronic): 2235-3186

Publication date Subscription-year: 1982

Publication date (Print): 1982

Publication date (Electronic): 03 December 2008

Volume: 30

Issue: 3

Pages: 240-243

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Department of Nephrology and Transplantation, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

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Publisher ID: 182473 Other ID: Nephron 1982;30:240–243

DOI: 10.1159/000182473

PubMed ID: 7099336

SO-VID: 99aaabfb-82e4-4cad-b87a-d598e28794a9

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Date accepted : 04 August 1981

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Pages: 4

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