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| Investigation | : | Phenytoin | ||||||||||
| Specimen type | : | Serum | ||||||||||
| Spec container | : | Plain tube | ||||||||||
| Volume required | : | 5ml | ||||||||||
| Turnaround | : | <72 hours | ||||||||||
Therapeutic range: 5.0 - 20.0 mg/L
Please note change to National Pathology Harmonisation therapeutic range from 16th April 2012.
Prior to this date the therapeutic range was 8.0 - 15.0 mg/L
See TDM information.
Additional information on phenytoin and its clinical use can be found here: phenytoin.
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