Improved fluorometric quantification of urinary xanthurenic acid

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 397-401

  Liu, Minshu ^a   Wang, Gong Ren ^b   Liu, Tsan Zon ^c   Tsai, Kan Jen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

homocysteine; kynureninase; screening; tryptophan loading test; vitamin B6

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; PARACETAMOL; SALICYLIC ACID; TRYPTOPHAN; VANILMANDELIC ACID; XANTHURENIC ACID;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; PYRIDOXINE DEFICIENCY; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0029990098     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/42.3.397     Document Type: Article

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