A rapid and reliable method for the quantitation of tricyclic antidepressants in serum using HPLC-MS/MS

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1300-1307

  Breaud, Autumn R ^a   Harlan, Robert ^a   Kozak, Marta ^a   Clarke, William ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amitriptyline; Desipramine; HPLC MS MS; Imipramine; Nortriptyline; Therapeutic drug monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; AMITRIPTYLINE; DESIPRAMINE; FORMIC ACID; IMIPRAMINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; WATER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG MONITORING; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ELUTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IONIZATION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SERUM; SUPERNATANT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67650726537     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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