title: [Secondary muscular carnitine deficiency following immunosuppressive treatment].
abstract: Carnitine deficiency syndromes can be classified into two groups: primary carnitine deficiency and secondary carnitine deficiency syndromes. A lipid storage myopathy with carnitine deficiency following an immunosuppressive therapy is described in a young man suffering from a possible polymyositis. After treatment with L-carnitine both biochemical and morphological features recovered. A secondary carnitine deficiency syndrome due to an immunosuppressive therapy is supposed.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Neurologie, Karl-Marx-Universität Leipzig.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lössner
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kühn
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lehmann
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ziegan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001379:Azathioprine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002331:Carnitine / Q000172:deficiency*; D006801:Humans; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D009220:Myositis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D001379:Azathioprine; D002331:Carnitine
vernacular_title: Sekundärer muskulärer Carnitinmangel nach immunsuppressiver Behandlung.