Smelling the Diagnosis: The Electronic Nose as Diagnostic Tool in Inflammatory Arthritis. A Case-Reference Study.

OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether exhaled breath analysis using an electronic nose can identify differences between inflammatory joint diseases and healthy controls. METHODS:In a cross-sectional study, the exhaled breath of 21 rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 18 psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients with a...

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Main Authors: Marjolein P Brekelmans, Niki Fens, Paul Brinkman, Lieuwe D Bos, Peter J Sterk, Paul P Tak, Daniëlle M Gerlag
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4794231?pdf=render