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Quantitative plasma acylcarnitine analysis using electrospray tandem mass spectrometry for the diagnosis of organic acidaemias and fatty acid oxidation defects

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  1. Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    P. Vreken, A. E. M. van Lint, A. H. Bootsma, H. Overmars, R. J. A. Wanders & A. H. van Gennip

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Vreken, P., van Lint, A.E.M., Bootsma, A.H. et al. Quantitative plasma acylcarnitine analysis using electrospray tandem mass spectrometry for the diagnosis of organic acidaemias and fatty acid oxidation defects. J Inherit Metab Dis 22, 302–306 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005587617745

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