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A lack of carnitine in dialysis patients is caused by insufficient carnitine synthesis and by the loss through dialytic membranes, leading, in some patients, to carnitine depletion and a concomitant relative increase in esterified forms of carnitine [43]

This deficiency restricts tissue uptake, leading to decreased accumulation in the heart and skeletal muscle and potentiates increased renal carnitine loss [21, 22] leading to systemic carnitine depletion [23]

In vivo studies demonstrate that L-PC was able to significantly lower blood pressure in CyA treated animals and to prevent decrease creatinine clearance that normally results from CyA administration [57]

La L-carnitina se encuentra principalmente en productos de origen animal, como la carne roja, el pescado, el pollo y los lcteos, siendo la carne de res una de las fuentes ms ricas

An open-label randomized controlled trial of lactulose and probiotics in the treatment of minimal hepatic encephalopathy

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