Measurement of blood serum cyclosporine levels using capillary 'fingerstick' sampling: A validation study

Transplant International

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 429-432

  Pettersen, Michael D ^a   Driscoll, David J ^a   Moyer, Thomas P ^a   Dearani, Joseph A ^a   McGregor, Christopher G A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary 'fingerstick' sampling; Cyclosporine measurement

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MONITORING; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADULT; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHILD; CYCLOSPORINE; FINGERS; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT; PHLEBOTOMY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033460153     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001470050253     Document Type: Article

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