Guanidinoacetate and creatine plus creatinine assessment in physiologic fluids: An effective diagnostic tool for the biochemical diagnosis of arginine:glycine amidinotransferase and guanidinoacetate methyltransferase deficiencies

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1772-1778

  Carducci, Claudia ^a   Birarelli, Maurizio ^a   Leuzzi, Vincenzo ^a   Carducci, Carla ^a   Battini, Roberta ^a   Cioni, Giovanni ^a   Antonozzi, Italo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; CREATININE; GLYCINE AMIDINOTRANSFERASE; GUANIDINOACETATE METHYLTRANSFERASE; GUANIDINOACETIC ACID; METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0036792323     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/48.10.1772     Document Type: Article

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