Reliability of urine collection pads for routine and metabolic biochemistry in infants and young children

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1313-1319

  Crofton, Patricia M ^a   Squires, Neil ^a   Davidson, D Fraser ^b   Henderson, Paul ^a   Taheri, Sepideh ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b CROSSHOUSE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biochemistry; Catecholamines; Collection pad; Inborn errors of metabolism; Urine

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CALCIUM; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CATECHOLAMINE; CREATININE; ELECTROLYTE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; MAGNESIUM; OROTIC ACID; OXALIC ACID; PHOSPHATE; UREA;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTINURIA; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; INFANT; NEWBORN; PHENYLKETONURIA; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; UREA CYCLE; URINALYSIS; URINE OSMOLALITY;

ABSORBENT PADS; CATECHOLAMINES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; INFANT; METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URINE;

EID: 51849099844     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-008-0733-y     Document Type: Article

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