Dried blood spots: Concepts, present status, and future perspectives in bioanalysis

Drug Testing and Analysis

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 399-414

  Sharma, Abhisheak ^a,b   Jaiswal, Swati ^a,b   Shukla, Mahendra ^a,b   Lal, Jawahar ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b ACADEMY OF SCIENTIFIC AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH ACSIR   (India)

Author keywords

Bioanalysis; Biomarker; Dried blood spot (DBS); Pharmacokinetic (PK); Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM)

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DIAGNOSIS; PATIENT MONITORING;

BIOANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLES; DRIED BLOOD SPOT; FUTURE PERSPECTIVES; PHARMACOKINETIC; PRESENT STATUS; QUANTITATIVE BIO-ANALYSIS; SAMPLING TECHNIQUE; THERAPEUTIC DRUG MONITORING;

PHARMACOKINETICS;

AMODIAQUINE; AMPRENAVIR; ARTEMETHER; ATAZANAVIR; ATENOLOL; BISOPROLOL; BOSENTAN; BUSULFAN; CAFFEINE; CANRENONE; CARBAMAZEPINE 10,11 OXIDE; CEFOTAXIME; CENTCHROMAN; CHLOROQUINE; CHLORTALIDONE; CHOLINE THEOPHYLLINATE; CLONIDINE; CLOZAPINE; COCAINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DACTINOMYCIN; DIHYDROARTEMISININ; ETRAVIRINE; OSELTAMIVIR; PARACETAMOL; RIBAVIRIN; RITONAVIR; SAQUINAVIR; TACROLIMUS; UNINDEXED DRUG; DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD VOLUME; DISEASE CONTROL; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MONITORING; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMATOCRIT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CONCENTRATION-TIME CURVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; STANDARD; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METABOLOMICS; PHARMACOKINETICS; PROCEDURES;

DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; DRUG MONITORING; HUMANS; METABOLOMICS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACOKINETICS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84899987350     PISSN: 19427603     EISSN: 19427611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dta.1646     Document Type: Review

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