Urinary LTE4 levels as a diagnostic marker for IgE-mediated asthma in preschool children: a birth cohort study.

Leukotrienes play a central pathophysiological role in allergic asthma. The aim of this study was to investigate the utility of measuring urinary leukotriene E4 (LTE4) levels in the diagnosis of atopic diseases in early childhood.Children aged 0 through 4 years from a birth cohort in the Prediction...

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Main Authors: Chih-Yung Chiu, Ming-Han Tsai, Tsung-Chieh Yao, Yu-Ling Tu, Man-Chin Hua, Kuo-Wei Yeh, Jing-Long Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4270744?pdf=render