Pilot screening programme for cystinuria in the Valencian Community

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 681-684

  Cabello Tomás, MariaLuisa ^a,b   García Gómez, Ana Maria ^a   Guillén Domínguez, MariaLuisa ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTIL LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cystine; Cystinuria; Heritable disorder; Screening; Thin layer chromatography

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CYANIDE; CYSTINE; LYSINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; ORNITHINE;

ARTICLE; CYSTINURIA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; SPAIN; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; URINARY EXCRETION;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CYSTINURIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 0345493823     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007522215041     Document Type: Article

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