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International Journal of Pediatrics & Neonatal Care Volume 3 (2017), Article ID 3:IJPNC-128, 5 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2455-2364/2017/128
Mini Review
Biomarkers in the Exhaled Breath of Asthmatic Children

Giorgio Piacentini*, Marco Zaffanello and Laura Tenero

Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics, University of Verona, Italy
Prof. Giorgio Piacentini, Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics, University of Verona, Piazzale Stefani 1, Verona 37126, Italy; E-mail: cyyeung1029@mmh.org.tw
22 August 2017; 24 October 2017; 26 October 2017
Piacentini G, Zaffanello M, Tenero L (2017) Biomarkers in the Exhaled Breath of Asthmatic Children. Int J Pediatr Neonat Care 3: 128. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2455-2364/2017/128

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