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VLCAD enzyme activity determinations in newborns identified by screening: a valuable tool for risk assessment.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Mar 2012
Hoffmann Lars, Haussmann Ulrike, Mueller Martina, Spiekerkoetter Ute
Abstract excerpt
Tandem mass spectrometry-based newborn screening correctly identifies individuals with very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (VLCADD). However, a great number of healthy individuals present with identical acylcarnitine profiles during catabolism in the first three days of life. We routinely perform an enzyme activity assay as confirmation analysis in newborns identified by screening. Whereas VLCAD...
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