Organic acid concentrations in amniotic fluid found in normal and Down syndrome pregnancies

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 245-248

  Baggot, Paddy Jim ^a,b,e   Eliseo, Anna Jane Y ^b   DeNicola, Nathaniel G ^b   Kalamarides, Jeremy A ^c   Shoemaker, James D ^d  

^a Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center   (United States)

^b Santa Teresita Medical Center   (United States)

^c LAKE ERIE COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Down syndrome; Organic acids; Tetrahydrobiopterin

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYCAPROATE; ADIPIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOXYLIC ACID; HEXANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; METHYLSUCCINATE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PHENYLPYRUVIC ACID; RIBOFLAVIN; SUCCINIC ACID; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLIC INHIBITION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RIBOFLAVIN DEFICIENCY;

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; PHENYLPYRUVIC ACIDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RIBOFLAVIN DEFICIENCY;

EID: 42349085512     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000116749     Document Type: Article

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