Metabolomic analysis in severe childhood pneumonia in the Gambia, West Africa: findings from a pilot study.

BACKGROUND:Pneumonia remains the leading cause of death in young children globally and improved diagnostics are needed to better identify cases and reduce case fatality. Metabolomics, a rapidly evolving field aimed at characterizing metabolites in biofluids, has the potential to improve diagnostics...

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Main Authors: Evagelia C Laiakis, Gerard A J Morris, Albert J Fornace, Stephen R C Howie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-09-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2936566?pdf=render