Tandem mass spectrometry screening for very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency: the value of second-tier enzyme testing.

  • Ute Spiekerkoetter
  • Ulrike Haussmann
  • Martina Mueller
  • Ter Veld Frank
  • Maren Stehn
  • René Santer
  • Zoltan Lukacs

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Abstract

To evaluate newborn screening (NBS) for very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (VLCADD), we further characterized newborns with elevation of one or all C14-carnitine derivatives on NBS from a total of 90 338 newborns.

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Original languageGerman
Article number4
ISSN0022-3476
Publication statusPublished - 2010
pubmed 20547398