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Postnatal variations in blood free and acylcarnitines.
Journal of clinical laboratory analysis - 1 Jan 2011
De Tanima, Kruthika-Vinod T P, Nagaraja Dindagur, Christopher Rita
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Alteration in concentrations of blood carnitine and its esters are diagnostic of a number of inherited metabolic disorders. Acylcarnitine (AC) profiles of newborns obtained from dried blood spots by tandem mass spectrometric analysis are being used for the diagnosis of these disorders. There are no data of the postnatal variations of free carnitine (FC) and AC in Indian neonates. OBJECTIVES:...
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