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Abstract
A four-month-old child with non-ketotic hypoglycemia and rapidly progressive cirrhosis excreted in her urine large amounts of two unidentified organic acids in addition to a spectrum of saturated, unsaturated, and 3-hydroxy dicarboxylic acids in her urine. Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry of the trimethylsilyl derivative of one of the unknown compounds suggested the structure of 3-hydroxyoctanoic acid, which was confirmed by similar analysis of the authentic compound. The same organic acid was found in the child's plasma. The significance of 3-hydroxyoctanoic aciduria as a possible marker for a primary defect of 3-hydroxy fatty acid metabolism is discussed.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 3168281 DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(88)90031-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Chim Acta ISSN: 0009-8981 Impact factor: 3.786