Current status and future developments of LC-MS/MS in clinical chemistry for quantification of biogenic amines

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-103

  De Jong, Wilhelmina H A ^a   De Vries, Elisabeth G E ^a   Kema, Ido P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; BIOGENIC AMINE; CATECHOLAMINE; HISTAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; KYNURENINE; METADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; SORBENT; TRYPTOPHAN; VANILMANDELIC ACID;

ASSAY; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; FOLLOW UP; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BIOGENIC AMINES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 78650883356     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2010.07.006     Document Type: Review

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