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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2010-09-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2936566?pdf=render |