ESI-MS/MS measurement of free carnitine and its precursor γ-butyrobetaine in plasma and dried blood spots from patients with organic acidurias and fatty acid oxidation disorders

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism

Volumn 101, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 141-145

  Primassin, Sonja ^a   Spiekerkoetter, Ute ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carnitine biosynthesis; Fatty acid oxidation; L carnitine Supplementation

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; CARNITINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE I; GAMMA BUTYROBETAINE;

ACIDURIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARNITINE DEFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRIED BLOOD SPOT; FATTY ACID OXIDATION DISORDER; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGANIC ACIDURIA; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; BETAINE; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CARNITINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 77957221872     PISSN: 10967192     EISSN: 10967206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2010.06.012     Document Type: Article

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