Is Calculating the Standard Deviation of Tacrolimus Blood Levels the New Gold Standard for Evaluating Non-adherence to Medications in Transplant Recipients?

Overview

Journal Pediatr Transplant

Specialty Pediatrics

Date 2010 Oct 5

PMID 20887400

Citations 29

Authors

Eyal Shemesh

Richard N Fine

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