Determination of phenytoin in sections of head hair: A preliminary study to evaluate the history of drug use

Bollettino Chimico Farmaceutico

Volumn 137, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 459-466

  Tsatsakis, A M ^a   Psillakis, Th ^a,b   Stefis, A ^b   Assithianakis, P ^a   Vlahonikolis, I G ^a   Michalodimitrakis, M N ^a   Helidonis, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b General Hospital of Rhodes   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IRAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hair; History of use; Patients; Phenytoin; Sectional analysis

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION IMMUNOASSAY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR COLOR; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SCALP HAIR; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION IMMUNOASSAY; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENYTOIN;

EID: 0032466656     PISSN: 00066648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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