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Plasma pipecolic acid is frequently elevated in non-peroxisomal disease
J C M Baas1, R van de Laar, L Dorland
1Department of Metabolic Diseases, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease
|April 23, 2003
Abstract:
We reviewed our data on patients in whom plasma pipecolic acid was analysed. Mild to moderate elevations of pipecolic acid were frequently found in non-peroxisomal disorders and this should be taken into account when interpreting the laboratory data.