Correlations of salivary biomarkers with clinical assessments in patients with cystic fibrosis.

Monitoring clinical disease status in cystic fibrosis frequently requires invasive collection of clinical samples. Due to its noninvasive collection process and direct anatomic relationship with the lower airway, saliva shows great potential as a biological fluid for cystic fibrosis monitoring.To me...

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Main Authors: Shuai Nie, Huaibin Zhang, Kathryn M Mayer, Frank G Oppenheim, Frédéric F Little, Jonathan Greenberg, Ahmet Z Uluer, David R Walt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4530931?pdf=render