Research Article
Evaluation of Metabolic Defects in Fatty Acid Oxidation Using Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Loaded with Deuterium-Labeled Fatty Acids
Figure 4
Comparison of diagnostic ratios and indexes between controls and patients with CPT-I deficiency. (a) d7-C4/d31-C16 after loading of d31-hexadecanoic acid alone (). (b) d7-C4/d31-C16 after loading of d15-octanoic acid and d31-hexadecanoic acid (). (c) The adjusted ratio of d7-C4/d31-C16, corresponding to (b)/(a) ().
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