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Laboratory Generated Artifacts in Plasma Amino acid Quantitation

Rao Nanjunda, Mr Ananth (2002) Laboratory Generated Artifacts in Plasma Amino acid Quantitation. [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)]

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Abstract

The pace of physicians’ involvement in amino acid metabolism has been enormous in the last five decades. With further development of technology to identify and quantitate upto picomoles of amino acids, their metabolites and related peptides, diagnosis and effective medical intervention in cases of inherited metabolic disorders have been well within the reach of the clinician. Automatic amino acid analyzers have become an essential part of major medical and research centers around the world. The technology has come indeed as a boon to physicians who in particular deal with inherited defects of amino acid metabolism. However, the technology comes with the risk of major deviations from the actual results when a few minor variations are not looked into. Trivial variations in basic steps of obtaining the sample, the choice of anticoagulant, hemolysis etc. can cause significant variations in the resulting values, particularly while dealing with inherited defects of amino acid metabolism and their treatment/management. Effects of such factors are revisited here for the benefit of the modern day laboratory personnel.

Item Type:Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)
Keywords:Amino acid quantitation, artifacts, inherited metabolic disorders
Subjects:JOURNALS > Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences
ID Code:3225
Deposited By: Kakkilaya Bevinje, Dr. Srinivas
Deposited On:17 Oct 2003
Last Modified:11 Mar 2011 08:55

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