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IL-5, IL-8 and MMP-9 levels in exhaled breath condensate of atopic and nonatopic asthmatic children
Rationale: Asthma is a heterogeneous disease, and a great majority of pediatric patients with asthma demonstrate atopic characteristics and develop a Th2 type cytokine response. Nonatopic asthma, on the other hand, is seen more rarely