Rapid liquid chromatography-electrospray tandem mass spectrometry method for serum free and total carnitine

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1189-1191

  Ho, Chung S ^a   Cheng, Brian S S ^a   Lam, Christopher W K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CARNITINE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERIVATIZATION; DEVICE; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRECIPITATION; SUPERNATANT; TUBE;

ADULT; AGED; CARNITINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 0037596765     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/49.7.1189     Document Type: Article

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