Simple Quantitative HPLC Method for Measuring Physiologic Amino Acids in Cerebrospinal Fluid without Pretreatment

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 665-669

  Sethuraman, Rama ^a   Lee, Tat Leang ^a   Tachibana, Shinro ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHLORIDE; DABSYL CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DABSYLATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN;

AMINO ACIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HUMANS; P-DIMETHYLAMINOAZOBENZENE; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 1542350344     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2003.026195     Document Type: Article

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