Falsely elevated whole blood tacrolimus concentrations due to interference in an affinity column-mediated immunoassay method on xpand dimension

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 267-268

  Barau, Caroline ^a   Frangie, Carlos ^a   Goujard, Cécile ^a   Tribut, Olivier ^b   Parant, François ^c   Taburet, Anne Marie ^a   Durrbach, Antoine ^a   Furlan, Valérie ^a  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Rennes Hospital   (France)

^c HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

ACMIA; Dimension; Interference; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; CYCLOSPORIN; DIDANOSINE; E THYL S S DIPHENYLDITHIOPHOSPHATE; LAMIVUDINE; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; PHOSPHOROTHIOIC ACID; TACROLIMUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AFFINITY COLUMN MEDIATED IMMUNOASSAY; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME MULTIPLIED IMMUNOASSAY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD; DRUG MONITORING; HEPATITIS C; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; DRUG MONITORING; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 65349167184     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: 15363694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FTD.0b013e31819a7c19     Document Type: Article

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