Respiratory Medicine
Volume 102, Issue 5 , Pages 720-725 , May 2008

Influence of condensing equipment and temperature on exhaled breath condensate pH, total protein and leukotriene concentrations

  • Krisztina Czebe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathophysiology, National Korányi Institute for TB and Pulmonology, 1529 Budapest Pihenö u. 1, Budapest, Hungary
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  • Imre Barta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathophysiology, National Korányi Institute for TB and Pulmonology, 1529 Budapest Pihenö u. 1, Budapest, Hungary
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  • Balázs Antus

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathophysiology, National Korányi Institute for TB and Pulmonology, 1529 Budapest Pihenö u. 1, Budapest, Hungary
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  • Márta Valyon

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Laboratory, National Korányi Institute for TB and Pulmonology, 1529 Budapest Pihenö u. 1, Budapest, Hungary
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  • Ildikó Horváth

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Human Physiology and Clinical Experimental Research, Semmelweis University, Hungary
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  • Tamás Kullmann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathophysiology, National Korányi Institute for TB and Pulmonology, 1529 Budapest Pihenö u. 1, Budapest, Hungary
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +3613913309; fax: +3612007060.

Received 18 September 2007 ,Accepted 18 December 2007.

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PII: S0954-6111(07)00512-4

doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2007.12.013

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 102, Issue 5 , Pages 720-725 , May 2008

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