?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Laboratory+Generated+Artifacts+in+Plasma+Amino+acid+Quantitation&rft.creator=Rao+Nanjunda%2C+Mr+Ananth&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=The+pace+of+physicians%E2%80%99+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%2C+their+metabolites+and+related+peptides%2C+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%2C+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%2C+the+choice+of+anticoagulant%2C+hemolysis+etc.+can+cause+significant+variations+in+the+resulting+values%2C+particularly+while+dealing+with+inherited+defects+of+amino+acid+metabolism+and+their+treatment%2Fmanagement.+Effects+of+such+factors+are+revisited+here+for+the+benefit+of+the+modern+day+laboratory+personnel.&rft.publisher=Kakkilaya+BS&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya+Bevinje%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2002-10&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3225%2F1%2F2002-3-4.pdf&rft.identifier=++Rao+Nanjunda%2C+Mr+Ananth++(2002)+Laboratory+Generated+Artifacts+in+Plasma+Amino+acid+Quantitation.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3225%2F