Utilization of Dried Blood Spot Citrulline Level as a Noninvasive Method for Monitoring Graft Function Following Intestinal Transplantation

Autor: Yu, Hee Chul, Tuteja, Sony, Moon, Jang Il, Kleiner, Gary I., Conanan, Lobella, Gaynor, Jeffrey J., Kato, Tomoaki, Levi, David M., Nishida, Seigo, Selvaggi, Gennaro, Gandia, Carlos, Weppler, Debbie, Esquenazi, Violet, Ruiz, Phillip, Miller, Joshua, Tzakis, Andreas G.
Zdroj: Transplantation; December 2005, Vol. 80 Issue: 12 p1729-1733, 5p
Abstrakt: Citrulline concentrations have been proposed as a marker for intestinal allograft rejection. We instituted dried blood spot (DBS) specimen monitoring of citrulline to simplify sample collection posttransplant. This study demonstrates the correlation between plasma and dried blood spot specimen citrulline concentrations after intestinal transplantation.
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