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- Title
Carnitine levels in patients with skeletal myopathy due to anorexia nervosa before and after refeeding.
- Authors
Morton J; McLoughlin DM; Whiting S; Russell GFM
- Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess the role of carnitine in the skeletal myopathy present in anorexia nervosa. METHOD: Serum levels of free and total carnitine were measured in a group of severely underweight women with anorexia nervosa and skeletal myopathy before and after an inpatient refeeding program. RESULTS: Carnitine levels were within the reference range before refeeding and remained unchanged despite significant weight gain in all the subjects. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that carnitine plays no part in the muscle weakness seen in severe anorexia nervosa. Copyright 1999 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Publication
International Journal of Eating Disorders, 1999, Vol 26, Issue 3, p341
- ISSN
0276-3478
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1002/(sici)1098-108x(199911)26:3<341::aid-eat12>3.0.co;2-9