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One example of an exclusively acquired carnitine deficiency involves chronic use of pivalate-conjugated antibiotics

The clinical presentation can vary widely depending on the type of mutation affecting SLC22A5 and the phenotypic manifestation of the mutation, i.e., age of onset, organ involvement, and severity of symptoms at the time of diagnosis (34)

The suggestion that carnitine deficiency may lead to frailty through mitochondrial dysfunction (117) has been examined in one trial

Only the L-isomer of carnitine is biologically active (1)

-N-Trimethyllysine is released for carnitine synthesis by protein hydrolysis

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