Comparison of post-mortem urinary and vitreous humour organic acids

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 541-545

  Bennett, Michael J ^a   Ragni, Marie C ^a   Hood, Ian ^b   Hale, Daniel E ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b Philadelphia Off Med Examiner   (United States)

Author keywords

gas chromatography mass spectrometry; inborn errors of metabolism; metabolic diseases; sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; GLYCERIC ACID; METHYLMALONIC ACID; PARACETAMOL;

ACIDURIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLADDER WALL; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; URINE; VITREOUS BODY;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLIC DISEASES; METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0026722304     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000456329202900509     Document Type: Article

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