Quantification of glutamine in dried blood spots and plasma by tandem mass spectrometry for the biochemical diagnosis and monitoring of ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 681-684

  Trinh, Minh Uyen ^a   Blake, Jennifer ^a   Harrison, J Rodney ^a   Gerace, Rosemarie ^a   Ranieri, Enzo ^a   Fletcher, Janice M ^a,b   Johnson, David W ^a  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLCARNITINE; AMINO ACID; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE; CITRULLINE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; PYROGLUTAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISORDERS OF AMINO ACID AND PROTEIN METABOLISM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PATIENT MONITORING; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; FEMALE; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEONATAL SCREENING; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE DEFICIENCY DISEASE;

EID: 0037380024     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/49.4.681     Document Type: Article

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