Quantitative plasma acylcarnitine analysis using electrospray tandem mass spectrometry for the diagnosis of organic acidaemias and fatty acid oxidation defects

Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 302-306

  Vreken, P ^a   Van Lint, A E M ^a   Bootsma, A H ^a   Overmars, H ^a   Wanders, R J A ^a   Van Gennip, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLCARNITINE; CARNITINE;

ACIDEMIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCREENING TEST; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

CARNITINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; INFANT; LIPID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 0033001744     PISSN: 01418955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005587617745     Document Type: Conference Paper

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