Urinary LTE4 is increased proportionally to asthma severity in steroid-treated patients vs healthy controls

C. Micheletto, M. P. Visconti, S. Tognella, F. Trevisan, C. Pomari, R. W. Dal Negro (Bussolengo, Italy)

Source: Annual Congress 2004 - Clinical, physiological, biological correlates of asthma
Session: Clinical, physiological, biological correlates of asthma
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 1700
Disease area: Airway diseases

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