Simultaneous determination of guanidinoacetate, creatine and creatinine in urine and plasma by un-derivatized liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 575-584

  Carling, R S ^a   Hogg, S L ^a   Wood, T C ^b   Calvin, J ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GREENWOOD GENETIC CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; CREATININE; GUANIDINOACETIC ACID;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL CREATINE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLIC DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCREENING; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINE LEVEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC, INBORN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CREATINE; CREATININE; GLYCINE; GUANIDINOACETATE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SYNDROME; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55949087415     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2008.008029     Document Type: Article

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