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No alteration of voriconazole concentration by plasmapheresis in a critically ill patient

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  1. Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Manuela Vay, Kathrin I. Foerster, Mazyar Mahmoudi & Gerd Mikus

  2. Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases, Intoxication, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 60120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Jessica Seeßle

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Vay, M., Foerster, K.I., Mahmoudi, M. et al. No alteration of voriconazole concentration by plasmapheresis in a critically ill patient. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 75, 287–288 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-018-2582-6

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