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Article: New atopic eczema in children findings from University of Parma described.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- July 1, 2009
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Researchers detail in 'Measurement of nitric oxide and 8-isoprostane in exhaled breath of children with atopic eczema,' new data in atopic eczema. "Children with atopic eczema (AE) are at risk of developing asthma. Airway inflammation has been shown to be present before the onset of clinical asthma," scientists in Parma, Italy report (see also Atopic Eczema).
"Increased exhalation (forced expiration; FE) of nitric oxide (FE(NO)) and 8-isoprostane seems to be a feature of bronchial inflammation in people with asthma. To determine whether the exhalation of these two molecules is increased in children with eczema, even in the absence of overt asthma. In total, 21 ...