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Decreased plasma total carnitine

MedGen UID:
868714
Concept ID:
C4023117
Finding
HPO: HP:0011936

Definition

A decreased concentration of total carnitine in the blood. [from HPO]

Conditions with this feature

Carnitine palmitoyl transferase II deficiency, neonatal form
MedGen UID:
318896
Concept ID:
C1833518
Disease or Syndrome
Carnitine palmitoyltransferase II (CPT II) deficiency is a disorder of long-chain fatty-acid oxidation. The three clinical presentations are lethal neonatal form, severe infantile hepatocardiomuscular form, and myopathic form (which is usually mild and can manifest from infancy to adulthood). While the former two are severe multisystemic diseases characterized by liver failure with hypoketotic hypoglycemia, cardiomyopathy, seizures, and early death, the latter is characterized by exercise-induced muscle pain and weakness, sometimes associated with myoglobinuria. The myopathic form of CPT II deficiency is the most common disorder of lipid metabolism affecting skeletal muscle and the most frequent cause of hereditary myoglobinuria. Males are more likely to be affected than females.

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Van Wouwe JP
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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Tate BN, Van Guilder GP, Aly M, Spence LA, Diaz-Rubio ME, Le HH, Johnson EL, McFadden JW, Perry CA
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Diagnosis

Shchelochkov OA, Farmer CA, Chlebowski C, Adedipe D, Ferry S, Manoli I, Pass A, McCoy S, Van Ryzin C, Sloan J, Thurm A, Venditti CP
Mol Psychiatry 2024 Apr;29(4):974-981. Epub 2024 Jan 11 doi: 10.1038/s41380-023-02385-5. PMID: 38200289Free PMC Article
Faverzani JL, Guerreiro G, Hammerschmidt TG, Lopes FF, Coelho DM, Sitta A, Mescka CP, Deon M, Wajner M, Vargas CR
Arch Biochem Biophys 2023 Nov;749:109792. Epub 2023 Oct 18 doi: 10.1016/j.abb.2023.109792. PMID: 37863349
Zhang Z, Li L, Zhang C, Zhang P, Fang Z, Li J, Wang S
Exp Eye Res 2023 Feb;227:109366. Epub 2022 Dec 31 doi: 10.1016/j.exer.2022.109366. PMID: 36592680
Jamilian M, Foroozanfard F, Kavossian E, Kia M, Aghadavod E, Amirani E, Asemi Z
Biol Trace Elem Res 2020 Feb;193(2):334-341. Epub 2019 Apr 11 doi: 10.1007/s12011-019-01720-8. PMID: 30977089
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Therapy

Tate BN, Van Guilder GP, Aly M, Spence LA, Diaz-Rubio ME, Le HH, Johnson EL, McFadden JW, Perry CA
Nutrients 2023 Aug 23;15(17) doi: 10.3390/nu15173687. PMID: 37686719Free PMC Article
Jamilian M, Foroozanfard F, Kavossian E, Kia M, Aghadavod E, Amirani E, Asemi Z
Biol Trace Elem Res 2020 Feb;193(2):334-341. Epub 2019 Apr 11 doi: 10.1007/s12011-019-01720-8. PMID: 30977089
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Prognosis

Zhang Z, Li L, Zhang C, Zhang P, Fang Z, Li J, Wang S
Exp Eye Res 2023 Feb;227:109366. Epub 2022 Dec 31 doi: 10.1016/j.exer.2022.109366. PMID: 36592680
Yan Y, Smith E, Melander O, Ottosson F
J Intern Med 2022 Nov;292(5):804-815. Epub 2022 Jul 26 doi: 10.1111/joim.13540. PMID: 35796403Free PMC Article
Guo F, Dai Q, Zeng X, Liu Y, Tan Z, Zhang H, Ouyang D
Int Urol Nephrol 2021 Mar;53(3):539-551. Epub 2020 Sep 18 doi: 10.1007/s11255-020-02632-6. PMID: 32945995
Krähenbühl S, Mang G, Kupferschmidt H, Meier PJ, Krause M
Gut 1995 Jul;37(1):140-3. doi: 10.1136/gut.37.1.140. PMID: 7672665Free PMC Article
Cederblad G, Fåhraeus L, Lindgren K
Am J Clin Nutr 1986 Sep;44(3):379-83. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/44.3.379. PMID: 3751959

Clinical prediction guides

Shchelochkov OA, Farmer CA, Chlebowski C, Adedipe D, Ferry S, Manoli I, Pass A, McCoy S, Van Ryzin C, Sloan J, Thurm A, Venditti CP
Mol Psychiatry 2024 Apr;29(4):974-981. Epub 2024 Jan 11 doi: 10.1038/s41380-023-02385-5. PMID: 38200289Free PMC Article
Tate BN, Van Guilder GP, Aly M, Spence LA, Diaz-Rubio ME, Le HH, Johnson EL, McFadden JW, Perry CA
Nutrients 2023 Aug 23;15(17) doi: 10.3390/nu15173687. PMID: 37686719Free PMC Article
Zhang Z, Li L, Zhang C, Zhang P, Fang Z, Li J, Wang S
Exp Eye Res 2023 Feb;227:109366. Epub 2022 Dec 31 doi: 10.1016/j.exer.2022.109366. PMID: 36592680
Guo F, Dai Q, Zeng X, Liu Y, Tan Z, Zhang H, Ouyang D
Int Urol Nephrol 2021 Mar;53(3):539-551. Epub 2020 Sep 18 doi: 10.1007/s11255-020-02632-6. PMID: 32945995
Jones MG, Goodwin CS, Amjad S, Chalmers RA
Clin Chim Acta 2005 Oct;360(1-2):173-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cccn.2005.04.029. PMID: 15967423

Recent systematic reviews

Hurot JM, Cucherat M, Haugh M, Fouque D
J Am Soc Nephrol 2002 Mar;13(3):708-714. doi: 10.1681/ASN.V133708. PMID: 11856775

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