Whole Blood Levels of Dodecanoic Acid, a Routinely Detectable Forensic Marker for a Genetic Disease Often Misdiagnosed as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS): MCAD Deficiency

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-82

  Kemp, Philip M ^a   Little, Bertis B ^b   Bost, Robert O ^d   Dawson, D Brian ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d Toxicology Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatty acid oxidation; GC MS; Inborn errors of metabolism; MCAD deficiency; SIDS

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID; LAURIC ACID; MEDIUM CHAIN ACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; OCTYLCARNITINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENCE RISK; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

ACYL-COA DEHYDROGENASE; ACYL-COA DEHYDROGENASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT; LAURIC ACIDS; LIPID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 0030020385     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199603000-00015     Document Type: Article

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