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Exhaled volatile organic compounds for phenotyping chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cross-sectional study.
Respiratory research - 23 Aug 2012
Basanta Maria, Ibrahim Baharudin, Dockry Rachel, Douce David, Morris Mike, Singh Dave, Woodcock Ashley, Fowler Stephen J
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BACKGROUND: Non-invasive phenotyping of chronic respiratory diseases would be highly beneficial in the personalised medicine of the future. Volatile organic compounds can be measured in the exhaled breath and may be produced or altered by disease processes. We investigated whether distinct patterns of these compounds were present in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and clinically relevant disease...
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