Cyclosporine A monitoring in children: Abbreviated area under curve formulas and C2 level

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 95-97

  Dello Strologo, Luca ^a   Campagnano, Pietro ^a   Federici, Giorgio ^a   Rizzoni, Gianfranco ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abbreviated formulae; Area under curve; C2 concentration; Cyclosporine monitoring

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A;

ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHILD; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE;

EID: 0033005890     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004670050570     Document Type: Article

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