Free carnitine levels in children with steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2002
Yazarlar: Afig BERDELİ, Mehmet KANTAR, SEVGİ MİR, Ahmet KESKİNOĞLU, IŞIL ÇOKER
PEDIATRICS INTERNATIONAL, SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, 2002, cilt 44, ss 74-77
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-200x.2002.01505.x
Özet
Background: Carnitine transports long-chain fatty acids accross the inner mitochondrial membrane. Carnitine metabolism is disturbed in some renal diseases, such as chronic renal failure. Previous studies have shown that children had normal serum free carnitine (FC) and total carnitine levels in idiopathic nephrotic syndrome, IgA nephropathy, non-IgA nephropathy and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. The aim of the present study was to determine FC concentrations in plasma and urine during acute and remission periods of steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome (SSNS) and its association with hyperlipidemia.