Sphingoid bases as possible diagnostic parameters

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-170

  Ribar, Slavica ^a   Mesarić, Marko ^a   Sedić, Mirela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Blood chemical analysis; Chromatography; Liquid; Reference values; Sphingolipids; Sphingosine; Urine

Indexed keywords

SPHINGANINE; SPHINGOLIPID; SPHINGOSINE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUE; SERUM; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; SPHINGOSINE;

EID: 0037960367     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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