Abstract:Background: Sphingolipidoses are caused by a defective sphingolipid catabolism, leading to an accumulation of several glycolipid species in tissues and resulting in neurotoxicity and severe systemic manifestations. Methods & results: Urine samples from controls and patients were purified by solid-phase extraction prior to the analysis by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) combined with MS/MS. A UPLC–MS/MS method for the analysis of 21 urinary creatinine-normalized biomarkers for eight dise… Show more
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