Argininosuccinate lyase deficiency (ASL) and carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT): Experience with four independent CDT analysis methods - misleading results given by the %CDT TIA assay

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 373, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 117-120

  Arndt, Torsten ^a   Gressner, Axel ^b   Herwig, Jürgen ^c   Meier, Ursula ^b   Sewell, Adrian C ^c  

^a Bioscientia Center for Human Genetics   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Argininosuccinate lyase deficiency; Carbohydrate deficient transferrin; CDT

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ARGININOSUCCINATE LYASE; CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN; TRISIALOTRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARGININOSUCCINATE LYASE DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CASE REPORT; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHILD; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; HEPATITIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE; TURBIDIMETRY; UREA CYCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ARGININOSUCCINATE LYASE; ARGININOSUCCINIC ACIDURIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSFERRIN;

TACCA LEONTOPETALOIDES;

EID: 33747893344     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2006.05.015     Document Type: Article

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