The EMIT 2000 tacrolimus assay: An application protocol for the Beckman Synchron LX20 PRO analyzer

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1022-1030

  LeGatt, Donald F ^a   Shalapay, Carol E ^a   Cheng, Siew Bang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

High volume analyzer; Method comparison; Tacrolimus: enzyme multiplied immunoassay technique (EMIT); Therapeutic drug monitoring

Indexed keywords

TACROLIMUS;

ACCURACY; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG MONITORING; ENZYME MULTIPLIED IMMUNOASSAY TECHNIQUE; GRAFT FAILURE; HEART GRAFT; HEART LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY GRAFT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 6344257079     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2004.08.004     Document Type: Article

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