Analysis of acid sphingomyelinase activity in dried blood spots using tandem mass spectrometry

Annals of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 319-323

  Legnini, Elisa ^a   Orsini, Joe J ^b   Mühl, Adolf ^c   Johnson, Britt ^d   Dajnoki, Angela ^d   Bodamer, Olaf A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTOGENE AG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid sphingomyelinase; Dried blood spot; Lysosomal enzyme; Tandem mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865956004     PISSN: 22343806     EISSN: 22343814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/alm.2012.32.5.319     Document Type: Article

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