Methods for the diagnosis of creatine deficiency syndromes: A comparative study

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 156, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 305-309

  Arias, Angela ^a,b   Ormazabal, Aida ^a   Moreno, Juan ^a   González, Bernardino ^c   Vilaseca, Maria Antonia ^a   García Villoria, Judit ^b   Pàmpols, Teresa ^b   Briones, Paz ^b   Artuch, Rafael ^a   Ribes, Antonia ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c Laboratorios Cerba   (Spain)

Author keywords

Creatine deficiency syndromes; Creatinine; Guanidinoacetate; Paediatric patients

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; GUANIDINOACETIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CREATINE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ERROR; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CREATINE; CREATININE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLYCINE; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INFANT; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PURINE-PYRIMIDINE METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 33747190052     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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