Lung Cancer
Volume 64, Issue 2 , Pages 166-170 , May 2009

An electronic nose in the discrimination of patients with non-small cell lung cancer and COPD

  • Silvano Dragonieri

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Department of Respiratory Diseases, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 080 5592978.
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  • Jouke T. Annema

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Robert Schot

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Marc P.C. van der Schee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Antonio Spanevello

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Diseases, Fondazione Maugeri, Cassano Murge, Italy
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  • Pierluigi Carratú

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Diseases, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
    • ,
  • Onofrio Resta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Diseases, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
    • ,
  • Klaus F. Rabe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Peter J. Sterk

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Received 10 March 2008 ,Revised 3 June 2008 ,Accepted 2 August 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2008.08.008

Lung Cancer
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