Exhaled breath profiling by electronic nose enabled discrimination of allergic rhinitis and extrinsic asthma.
Silvano DragonieriVitaliano N QuarantaPierluigi CarratuTeresa RanieriOnofrio RestaPublished in: Biomarkers : biochemical indicators of exposure, response, and susceptibility to chemicals (2018)
An e-nose can discriminate exhaled breath from subjects with allergic rhinitis with and without extrinsic asthma, which represent two different diseases with partly overlapping features. This supports the view of using breath profiling to diagnose asthma also in patients with allergic rhinitis.