Comparison of automated ACMIA and EMIT immunoassays for whole blood cyclosporin monitoring

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 49, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 135-140

  Dessars, Barbara ^a   Cotton, Frédéric ^a   Thiry, Philippe ^a   Gulbis, Béatrice ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cyclosporin; Dimension RxL; Immunoassay; Therapeutic monitoring

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; TACROLIMUS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBODY CONJUGATED MAGNETIC IMMUNOASSAY; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MONITORING; ENZYME MULTIPLIED IMMUNOASSAY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CYCLOSPORINE; ENZYME MULTIPLIED IMMUNOASSAY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0037275370     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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