Ionic cross talk can lead to overestimation of 3-methoxytyramine during quantification of metanephrines by mass spectrometry

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1156-1158

  Twentyman, Jolaine M ^a   Cradic, Kendall W ^a   Singh, Ravinder J ^a   Grebe, Stefan K ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3 O METHYLDOPAMINE; METADRENALIN; METHANOL; NORMETADRENALIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; LETTER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARAGANGLIOMA; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PLASMA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARD; URINE;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DOPAMINE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; IONS; METANEPHRINE; NORMETANEPHRINE; REFERENCE VALUES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84863578726     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2012.186601     Document Type: Letter

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