Impact of premature birth and critical illness on neonatal range of plasma amino acid concentrations determined by LC-MS/MS

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 476-479

  Oladipo, Olajumoke O ^a   Weindel, Annette L ^b   Saunders, Al N ^b   Dietzen, Dennis J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Mass spectrometry; Newborn screening; Reference intervals

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOADIPIC ACID; 3 AMINO 2 METHYLPROPIONIC ACID; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HOMOCITRULLINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; PHENYLALANINE;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS;

AMINO ACIDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, REVERSE-PHASE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; SEPSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 82255191686     PISSN: 10967192     EISSN: 10967206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2011.08.020     Document Type: Article

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