Incomplete Palmitate Oxidation
- 1 September 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Neurology
- Vol. 39 (9), 561-564
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archneur.1982.00510210031007
Abstract
• A study of palmitate oxidation in 200 consecutive human muscle biopsy specimens showed 14 patients in whom there was abnormal, incomplete palmitate oxidation when the rate of oxidation of palmitate14C (ul) was compared with that of palmitate14C (at carbon 1). Five patients had denervation as a primary diagnosis, and the remaining nine had a primary muscle disease. Of this latter group, six had clinical similarities, including proximal weakness, necrotic fibers on muscle biopsy, and extreme elevations of serum creatine kinase. With one exception, lipid storage was not part of the syndrome. The possibility of incomplete palmitate oxidation due to a defect in β-oxidation producing a human myopathy is discussed.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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