Letter to the editor: "Use of urine organic acids method for the analysis of gamma-hydroxybutric acid (GHB): Importance of urease in eliminating urea interference" [1]

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 194-196

  Garg, Uttam ^a   Scott, David ^a   Kiscoan, Mike ^a   Knoblauch, Jeff ^a   Frazee III, C Clinton ^a   Wasserman, Gary ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 BUTANEDIOL; 4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; UREASE; 4-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

AMNESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; COMA; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG URINE LEVEL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LETTER; LIQUID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NONHUMAN; SEIZURE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; URINALYSIS; URINE ACIDIFICATION; ADDICTION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG INTERACTION; NOTE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URINE;

DRUG INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UREA; UREASE; URINE;

EID: 33847126226     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650601006314     Document Type: Letter

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