Urinary LTE4 Levels as a Diagnostic Marker for IgE-Mediated Asthma in Preschool Children: A Birth Cohort Study

Chih-Yung Chiu; Ming-Han Tsai; Tsung-Chieh Yao; Yu-Ling Tu; Man-Chin Hua; Kuo-Wei Yeh; Jing-Long Huang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0115216

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Urinary LTE₄ Levels as a Diagnostic Marker for IgE-Mediated Asthma in Preschool Children: A Birth Cohort Study

Chih-Yung Chiu,

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Keelung, and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Community Medicine Research Centre, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Ming-Han Tsai,

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Keelung, and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Community Medicine Research Centre, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
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Tsung-Chieh Yao,

Affiliations Community Medicine Research Centre, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan, Division of Allergy, Asthma, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Yu-Ling Tu,

Affiliations Community Medicine Research Centre, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan, Division of Allergy, Asthma, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Man-Chin Hua,

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Keelung, and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Community Medicine Research Centre, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
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Kuo-Wei Yeh ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Kuo-Wei Yeh, Jing-Long Huang

* E-mail: kwyeh@adm.cgmh.org.tw (KWY); long@adm.cgmh.org.tw (JLH)

Affiliations Community Medicine Research Centre, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan, Division of Allergy, Asthma, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Jing-Long Huang

Contributed equally to this work with: Kuo-Wei Yeh, Jing-Long Huang

* E-mail: kwyeh@adm.cgmh.org.tw (KWY); long@adm.cgmh.org.tw (JLH)

Affiliations Community Medicine Research Centre, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan, Division of Allergy, Asthma, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Urinary LTE₄ Levels as a Diagnostic Marker for IgE-Mediated Asthma in Preschool Children: A Birth Cohort Study

Chih-Yung Chiu,
Ming-Han Tsai,
Tsung-Chieh Yao,
Yu-Ling Tu,
Man-Chin Hua,
Kuo-Wei Yeh,
Jing-Long Huang

Published: December 18, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115216

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