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Original Article

Urinary leukotriene E4 levels in atopic and non-atopic preschool children with recurrent episodic (viral) wheezing: a potential marker?

Antonios MarmarinosLaboratory of Clinical Biochemistry – Molecular Diagnostics, Second Department of Pediatrics, Athens University Medical School, “P & A Kyriakou” Children’s Hospital, Athens, Attica, Greece, Correspondence[email protected]
, M.Sc, Ph.D,
Photini Saxoni-PapageorgiouDepartment of Allergy, 2nd Pediatric Clinic, Athens University Medical School, “P & A Kyriakou” Children’s Hospital, Athens, Attica, Greece,
, MD,
Dimitrios CassimosDepartment of Pediatrics, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Evros, Greece, and
, MD,
Emmanuel ManoussakisDepartment of Allergy, 2nd Pediatric Clinic, Athens University Medical School, “P & A Kyriakou” Children’s Hospital, Athens, Attica, Greece,
, MD,
Charalampos TsentidisLaboratory of Clinical Biochemistry – Molecular Diagnostics, Second Department of Pediatrics, Athens University Medical School, “P & A Kyriakou” Children’s Hospital, Athens, Attica, Greece,
, MD,
Alexia DoxaraDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, “P & A Kyriakou” Children's Hospital, Athens, Attica, Greece
, MD,
Irene ParaskakisDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, “P & A Kyriakou” Children's Hospital, Athens, Attica, Greece
, MD &
Dimitrios GourgiotisLaboratory of Clinical Biochemistry – Molecular Diagnostics, Second Department of Pediatrics, Athens University Medical School, “P & A Kyriakou” Children’s Hospital, Athens, Attica, Greece,
, Ph.D show all
Pages 554-559 | Received 07 Jun 2014, Accepted 16 Nov 2014, Published online: 24 Dec 2014

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