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Home fingerprick sampling for immunosuppressant drug monitoring in pediatric renal transplant patients

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The synopsis was written by Philip Acott, Dalhousie University, NS, Canada.

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  1. Program Director of Pediatric Nephrology, Pediatric Director of Multi-Organ Transplant, and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Pharmacology at the IWK Health Center and Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

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Acott, P. Home fingerprick sampling for immunosuppressant drug monitoring in pediatric renal transplant patients. Nat Rev Nephrol 2, 304–305 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneph0181

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