New Perspectives in Monitoring of Lung Inflammation
Subtitle: Analysis of Exhaled Breath Condensate
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: October 14, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780415324656
Subjects: Respiratory medicine; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Laboratory Medicine; Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Medical / Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Clinical Chemistry; Biochemical markers; Breath tests; Diagnosis; Diagnostic use; Pneumonia
First sentence: Inflammation plays a critical role in the pathophysiology of many pulmonary diseases, but traditionally it has been difficult to measure this in airway and peripheral lung disease because invasive methods, such as bronchial biopsy, lung biopsy, or bronchoalveolar lavage, have been necessary.