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Asthma
Plasma protein pattern exhibited in pregnant asthmatics may offer prognostic significance
April 21st, 2006
Researchers have demonstrated that there are differences in protein patterns between pregnant women with and without asthma. According to investigators in Australia, "The course of asthma may be altered during pregnancy with at least one-third of women experiencing a worsening of asthma and 20% having an exacerbation during pregnancy. This study used the novel proteomic technique, surface-enhanced laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry, to determine if the presence of asthma during pregnancy was associated with alterations in plasma proteins." V.E. Murphy and colleagues at the Hunter Medical Research Institute in Newcastle...
Source: Science Letter (2006-04-21)
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