Quantitation of total biopterin and tetrahydrobiopterin in plasma

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 411-413

  Fekkes, Durk ^a   Voskuilen Kooijman, Ans ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biopterin; HPLC; Humans; Plasma; Tetrahydrobiopterin

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOPTERIN; DITHIOTHREITOL; PTERIN DERIVATIVE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CENTRIFUGATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY;

BIOPTERIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PTERINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33847281328     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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