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Elevated circulating short-chain acylcarnitine concentration

MedGen UID:
1048802
Concept ID:
CN372784
Finding
HPO: HP:0035015

Definition

Concentration of short-chain acylcarnitine in the blood circulation above the upper limit of normal. Acylcarnitines are classified according to the number of carbon atoms in the acyl-chain. Short chain acylcarnitines have between two and five carbon atoms in the acyl-chain (C2-C5), [from HPO]

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Hiatt WR, Regensteiner JG, Hargarten ME, Wolfel EE, Brass EP
Circulation 1990 Feb;81(2):602-9. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.81.2.602. PMID: 2404633

Therapy

Hiatt WR, Regensteiner JG, Hargarten ME, Wolfel EE, Brass EP
Circulation 1990 Feb;81(2):602-9. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.81.2.602. PMID: 2404633

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