Determination of carnitine ester patterns during the second half of pregnancy, at delivery, and in neonatal cord blood by tandem mass spectrometry: Complex and dynamic involvement of carnitine in the intermediary metabolism

Pediatric Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 88-92

  Talián, Gábor C ^a   Komlósi, Katalin ^a   Decsi, Tamás ^a   Koletzko, Berthold ^b   Melegh, Béla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCARNITINE; CARNITINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIRTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CARNITINE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ESTERS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; STATISTICS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 34250832112     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/PDR.0b013e3180676cca     Document Type: Article

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