Stability of trihexyphenidyl in stored blood and urine specimens

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 111-114

  Battah, A H ^a   Hadidi, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Blood; Stability; Trihexyphenidyl; Urine

Indexed keywords

TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CADAVER; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG STABILITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

BLOOD PRESERVATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DRUG STABILITY; HUMANS; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

EID: 0031958746     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004140050129     Document Type: Article

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