Quantitative ultramicrotest for newborn screening of galactosemia in Cuba

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-81

  Frómeta, Amarilys ^a   Reyes, Ernesto Carlos González ^a   Castells, Elisa ^a   Tejeda, Yileidis ^a   Almenares, Pedro ^a   Pérez, Pedro L ^a  

^a Immunoassay Center Cuba   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Galactosemia; newborn screening; SUMA; total galactose; ultramicrotest

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; BLOOD EXTRACT; GALACTOSE; METHANOL; POLYSTYRENE; REAGENT; WATER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FLUOROMETRY; GALACTOSEMIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

CUBA; FLUOROMETRY; GALACTOSEMIAS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROCHEMISTRY; NEONATAL SCREENING; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 78651372360     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2010.135     Document Type: Article

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