Pitfalls in the measurement of some intermediary metabolites

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 313-320

  Carragher, F M ^a   Bonham, J R ^b   Smith, J M ^c  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ACETOACETIC ACID; FATTY ACID; LACTIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY METABOLISM; MEASUREMENT; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLITE; NUTRITION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ARTIFACTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PYRUVIC ACID; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0038342946     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/000456303766476968     Document Type: Review

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