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Fluctuation phenotyping based on daily fraction of exhaled nitric oxide values in asthmatic children.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Aug 2011
Stern Georgette, de Jongste Johan, van der Valk Ralf, Baraldi Eugenio, Carraro Silvia, Thamrin Cindy, Frey Urs
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BACKGROUND: Fraction of exhaled nitric oxide (Feno), a marker of airway inflammation, has been proposed to be useful for asthma management, but conclusions are inconsistent. This might be due to the failure of mean statistics to characterize individual variability in Feno values, which is possibly a better indicator of asthma control than single measurements. OBJECTIVE: We characterized fractal fluctuations in...
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