An enzymatic method to determine γ-hydroxybutyric acid in serum and urine

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 757-765

  Hasan, Lara ^a   Jermann, Thomas M ^a   Weber, Jakob M ^a   Abrahamsson, Lars ^b   Sciotti, Michel Angelo ^c   Bottcher, Michael ^d   Jochle, Wolfgang ^e   Gygax, Daniel ^c   Scholer, Andre ^f  

^a Buhlmann Laboratories AG   (Switzerland)

^b Northern Aelvsborgs Laenssjukhus   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^d Labordiagnostik und Hygiene Dessau   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Automated screening; Drug monitoring; Drugs of abuse; Enzymatic; GHB; Serum; Urine

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84856108257     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: 15363694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FTD.0b013e318239a41a     Document Type: Article

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