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Carnitine esters in metabolic disease

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MCAD :

medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase

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Böhles, H., Evangeliou, A., Bervoets, K. et al. Carnitine esters in metabolic disease. Eur J Pediatr 153 (Suppl 1), S57–S61 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02138779

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