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Short Report: Plasma pipecolic acid is frequently elevated in non-peroxisomal disease

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Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

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Summary: We reviewed our data on patients in whom plasma pipecolic acid wasanalysed. Mild to moderate elevations of pipecolic acid were frequently found in non-peroxisomal disorders and this should be taken into account when interpreting the laboratory data.

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  1. M. Duran

    Present address: Laboratory for Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  2. B. T. Poll-The

    Present address: Department of Child Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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  1. Department of Metabolic Diseases, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands

    J. C. M. Baas, R. van de Laar, L. Dorland, R. Berger & T. J. de Koning

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Baas, J.C.M., van de Laar, R., Dorland, L. et al. Short Report: Plasma pipecolic acid is frequently elevated in non-peroxisomal disease. J Inherit Metab Dis 25, 699–701 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022889400302

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