Increased C3-Carnitine in a Healthy Premature Infant
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Increased C3-carnitine in a healthy premature infant.
A 5-day-old male infant with an increased dried blood spot propionylcarnitine (C3-carnitine) value of 7.93 mol/L (cutoff 6.79 mol/L) was identified by the New Jersey state newborn screening program. C3carnitine is used as a screening tool for methylmalonic and propionic acidemias, potentially fatal but treatable inborn errors of metabolism. The initial screen values provided a calculated C3:C2 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Chemistry
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0009-9147,1530-8561
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2008.107581