Systemic primary carnitine deficiency
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systemic-primary-carnitine-deficiency-299-9091036
title:
Systemic primary carnitine deficiency
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Systemic primary carnitine deficiency (SPCD) is an inborn error of fatty acid transport caused by a defect in the transporter responsible for moving carnitine across the plasma membrane. Carnitine is an important amino acid for fatty acid metabolism. When carnitine cannot be transported into tissues, fatty acid oxidation is impaired, leading to a variety of symptoms such as chronic muscle weakness, cardiomyopathy, hypoglycemia and liver dysfunction. The specific transporter involved with SPCD is
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Medical condition
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemic_primary_carnitine_deficiency
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2023-04-11T09:22:10Z
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