Maternal isovaleric acidemia: Observation of distinctive changes in plasma amino acids and carnitine profiles during pregnancy

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 411, Issue 23-24, 2010, Pages 2101-2103

  Castelnovi, C ^a   Moseley, K ^a   Yano, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acylcarnitines; Carnitine; Maternal isovaleric acidemia; Newborn screening; Plasma amino acids

Indexed keywords

ACYLCARNITINE; AMINO ACID; CARNITINE; CARNITINE ESTER; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; GLYCINE; HYDROXYAMINO ACID; ISOVALERYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; ISOVALERYLCARNITINE; LEUCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDEMIA; ADULT; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IRON THERAPY; ISOVALERIC ACIDEMIA; MATERNAL DISEASE; NEWBORN SCREENING; PATIENT MONITORING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

AMINO ACIDS; CARNITINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISOVALERYL-COA DEHYDROGENASE; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957749039     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2010.08.023     Document Type: Article

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