Dried blood spot methods in therapeutic drug monitoring: Methods, assays, and pitfalls

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 327-336

  Edelbroek, Peter M ^a   Heijden, Jacques Van Der ^b   Stolk, Leo M L ^b  

^a STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dried blood spot; Fingerprick; Review; Sampling; Therapeutic drug monitoring

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENFLUMETOL; CHLOROQUINE; CYCLOSPORIN; DAPSONE; EVEROLIMUS; GENTAMICIN; MEFLOQUINE; METFORMIN; NETILMICIN; PARACETAMOL; PIPERAQUINE; PROGUANIL; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUININE; RETINOL; RIFAMPICIN; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; SISOMICIN; SULFADOXINE; TACROLIMUS; THEOPHYLLINE; TOPIRAMATE;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; BLOOD SAMPLING; DRIED BLOOD SPOT SAMPLING; DRUG MONITORING; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; DRUG MONITORING; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 67651121813     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: 15363694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FTD.0b013e31819e91ce     Document Type: Review

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