Stability of urinary HVA and VMA on filter paper

Early Human Development

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-152

  Cyr, D ^a   Giguere R ^a   Tuchmanb, M ^b   Lemieux, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Filter paper; HVA (homovanillic acid); Neuroblastoma screening; VMA (vanillylmandelic acid)

Indexed keywords

HOMOVANILLIC ACID; VANILMANDELIC ACID;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; FILTER; HUMAN; METABOLITE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; STORAGE; TEMPERATURE; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0343471527     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3782(97)01886-0     Document Type: Article

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