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Quantification of the Immunosuppressant Tacrolimus on Dried Blood Spots Using LC-MS/MS

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Published on: November 8, 2015

Falsely elevated tacrolimus concentrations on the Dimension Xpand

Qing H Meng¹, Beverly C Handy¹, Elizabeth A Wagar¹

¹Department of Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

Clinical Biochemistry

|July 11, 2015

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