Identification of 3-Hydroxyisovalerylcarnitine in the Urine of a Patient with Multiple Carboxylase Deficiency

Abstract

Keywords

acylcarnitines multiple carboxylase deficiency fast atom bombardment/mass spectrometry 3-hydroxyisolvaleric acid

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