Determination of free and total carnitine with a random-access chemistry analyzer

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 810-816

  Wan, Lijun ^a   Hubbard, Richard W ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CARNITINE DEFICIENCY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOANALYSIS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CARNITINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PROTEIN BINDING; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 0031949339     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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