Paediatric Reference Values for Urinary Catecholamine Metabolites Evaluated by High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Electrochemical Detection

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 533-538

  Marchese, Nora ^a   Canini, Silvana ^a   Fabi, Laura ^a   Famularo, Luciano ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3 O METHYLDOPAMINE; ACETONITRILE; ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; DIETHYLAMINE; DOPAMINE; FORMIC ACID; METADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN; NORMETADRENALIN; OCTANE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE URINE LEVEL; CHILD; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; METABOLITE; METHYLATION; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REVERSED PHASE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CATECHOLAMINES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEUROBLASTOMA; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030746168     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm.1997.35.7.533     Document Type: Article

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