Plasma very long chain fatty acids in 3,000 peroxisome disease patients and 29,000 controls.

doi:10.1002/1531-8249(199901)45:1<100::aid-art16>3.0.co;2-u

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Plasma very long chain fatty acids in 3,000 peroxisome disease patients and 29,000 controls.

Annals of neurology - 1 Jan 1999

Moser A B, Kreiter N, Bezman L, Lu S, Raymond G V, Naidu S, Moser H W

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The assay of plasma very long chain fatty acids (VLCFAs), developed in our laboratory in 1981, has become the most widely used procedure for the diagnosis of X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) and other peroxisomal disorders. We present here our 17 years' experience with this assay. Three VLCF...

Topics

Adolescent
Adrenoleukodystrophy
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Child
Child, Preschool
False Negative Reactions
Fatty Acids
Female
Genetic Testing
Genotype
Heterozygote
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male

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