Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry analysis of exhaled leukotriene B4 in asthmatic children

Respiratory Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Montuschi, Paolo ^a   Martello, Simona ^a   Felli, Marialinda ^a   Mondino, Chiara ^b   Barnes, Peter J ^c   Chiarotti, Marcello ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUTICASONE; ICOSANOID; LEUKOTRIENE B4; NITRIC OXIDE; PLACEBO;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXHALATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREATH TESTS; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOTRIENE B4; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITRIC OXIDE;

EID: 27744513622     PISSN: 1465993X     EISSN: 1465993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-6-119     Document Type: Article

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