Optical detection of plasma chitotriosidase activity in healthy Chinese children using fluorescence spectrophotometry

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 379, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 134-138

  Cai, Chun lin ^a   Zhou, Xin ^a   Zhao, Lei ^a   Yao, Xiang jie ^b   Tu, Jian cheng ^a   Zheng, Fang ^a   Qu, Xi ying ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Activity; Lysosomal storage disorders; Plasma chitotriosidase; Spectrophotometry

Indexed keywords

CHITOTRIOSIDASE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEXOSAMINIDASES; HUMANS; HYMECROMONE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; OPTICS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 33847645314     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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