Analysis of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate in serum of healthy children

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-65

  Opladen, Thomas ^a,b   Ramaekers, Vincent Th ^b   Heimann, Gerhard ^b   Blau, Nenad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 Methyltetrahydrofolate; 5MTHF; Cerebral folate deficiency; Children; Electrochemical detection; Folates; HPLC; Serum

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TETRAHYDROFOLATES;

EID: 29344433010     PISSN: 10967192     EISSN: 10967206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2005.08.011     Document Type: Article

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