A novel LC-ESI-MS-MS method for sensitive quantification of colchicine in human plasma: Application to two case reports

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 210-215

  Abe, Emuri ^a   Lemaire Hurtel, Anne Sophie ^b   Duverneuil, Charlotte ^a   Etting, Isabelle ^a   Guillot, Emmanuelle ^a   De Mazancourt, Philippe ^a   Alvarez, Jean Claude ^a  

^a RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^b AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; COLCHICINE; DICHLOROMETHANE; EMBUTRAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG INTOXICATION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FATALITY; HUMAN; ION TRAP MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; AGED; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; COLCHICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 33747186450     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: 01464760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/30.3.210     Document Type: Article

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