Rapid detection of oleander poisoning by Digoxin III, a new Digoxin assay: Impact on serum Digoxin measurement

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 548-553

  Dasgupta, Amitava ^a   Risin, Semyon A ^a   Reyes, Meredith ^a   Actor, Jeffrey K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Digoxin; Digoxin III assay; Interference; Oleander; Oleandrin

Indexed keywords

DIGITALIS LIKE FACTOR; DIGOXIN; DIGOXIN ANTIBODY F(AB) FRAGMENT; OLEANDER EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGOXIN 2 IMMUNOASSAY; DIGOXIN 3 IMMUNOASSAY; DIGOXIN BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DETERMINATION; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ULTRAFILTRATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGY; INTOXICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERIUM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLANT LEAF; REPRODUCIBILITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; DIGOXIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; IMMUNOASSAY; MICE; NERIUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; POISONING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 42949110759     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/CC6791DFF20QPCX3     Document Type: Article

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