Determination of urinary acylcarnitines: A complementary aid for the high-risk screening of several organic acidurias using a simple and reliable GC/MS-based method

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 151-155

  Cyr, Denis ^a   Giguère, Robert ^a   Giguère, Yves ^a   Lemieux, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACYLCARNITINE; CARNITINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE;

ACIDURIA; ARTICLE; ASSAY; DERIVATIZATION; ESTERIFICATION; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; URINE;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CARNITINE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT;

EID: 0342314440     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9120(00)00050-3     Document Type: Article

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