Exhaled breath condensate in pediatric asthma: promising new advance or pouring cold water on a lot of hot air? A systematic review

Paul S Thomas, A J Lowe, P Samarasinghe, Caroline J Lodge, Y Huang, Michael John Abramson, Shyamali C Dharmage, Adam Jaffe

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Abstract

EBC has the potential to aid diagnosis, and to evaluate the inflammatory status of asthmatic children. Future studies may be able to refine further how best to collect EBC samples, to interpret them, and the technique has the potential to allow repeated sampling which will allow studies of natural history, pathogenesis and response to treatment to be undertaken.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)419 - 442
Number of pages24
JournalPediatric Pulmonology
Volume48
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

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