Limited sampling strategies for mycophenolic acid in solid organ transplantation: A systematic review

Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism and Toxicology

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1079-1097

  Bruchet, Nicole K ^a   Ensom, Mary H H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Limited sampling strategies; Mycophenolate; Mycophenolic acid; Solid organ transplant

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BAYES THEOREM; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RECIPIENT; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 70249147666     PISSN: 17425255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17425250903114182     Document Type: Review

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