Saving the breath condensate approach From: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | Date: November 1, 2003| Author: A, Mutti; B, Gaston; M, Corradi; RM, Effros | Copyright American Thoracic Society Nov 1, 2003. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

To the Editor:

I read with interest the editorial by Gaston (1) that suggests that breath condensate analysis might be "worth studying, after all." This hopeful viewpoint is based on the study of Corradi and colleagues (2), which showed that condensate concentrations of glutathione decreased in asthma exacerbations, whereas those of malondialdehyde increased. Gaston then questions the need for the "mathematical interpretation" in our earlier publication (3), which emphasized the necess...

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