Quantification of galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase enzyme activity by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 772-780

  Li, Yijun ^a   Ptolemy, Adam S ^a   Harmonay, Lauren ^a   Kellogg, Mark ^a   Berry, Gerard T ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; GALACTOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE; GALACTOSEMIA; HEMOLYSATE; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ENZYME ASSAYS; ERYTHROCYTES; GALACTOSEMIAS; GALACTOSEPHOSPHATES; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; UTP-HEXOSE-1-PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE;

EID: 77951730418     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2009.140459     Document Type: Article

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