A rapid and quantitative mass spectrometry method for determining the concentration of acylcarnitines and aminoacids in amniotic fluid

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 543-546

  Braida, Laura ^a,b   Crovella, Sergio ^a,b,c   Boniotto, Michele ^a,b   Luchesi, Ariella ^a   De Vonderweid, Umberto ^a,b   Casetta, Bruno ^c   Amoroso, Antonio ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c Applied Biosystems   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acylcarnitines; Aminoacids; Amniotic fluid; Mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

ACYLCARNITINE; AMINO ACID;

AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLIC DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; TECHNOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AMINO ACIDS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; CARNITINE; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLIC DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034875313     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.93     Document Type: Article

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