Agarose-gel electrophoresis for the diagnosis of mucopolysaccharidoses

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 589-592

  Coppa, Giovanni V ^a   Buzzega, Dania ^b   Zampini, Lucia ^a   MacCari, Francesca ^b   Galeazzi, Tiziana ^a   Padella, Lucia ^a   Santoro, Lucia ^a   Gabrielli, Orazio ^a   Volpi, Nicola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

agarose electrophoresis; chondroitin sulfate; dermatan sulfate; glycosaminoglycans; heparan sulfate; mucopolysaccharidoses

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN SULFATE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HEPARAN SULFATE; HEXOSAMINE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DENSITOMETRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUNTER SYNDROME; LETTER; MAROTEAUX LAMY SYNDROME; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORQUIO SYNDROME; MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANFILIPPO SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84860490054     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm.2011.798     Document Type: Letter

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