A new study urges caution in the use of the mannitol challenge test for asthma in non-clinical settings. The test is considered widely applicable to detect asthma, but its accuracy outside of patients ...
Background Methacholine hyperresponsiveness is prevalent in elite athletes. Comparative studies have hitherto been limited to methacholine, eucapnic voluntary hyperpnoea and exercise. This study ...
The use of ion chromatography with amperometric detection for simple and reliable determination of lactulose and mannitol in urine is described in this article. Diagnosis of the leaky gut syndrome and ...
THE use of mannitol for osmotic diuresis has largely been confined to the laboratory and has so far had only limited clinical application. Recently, however, its clinical usefulness in the diagnosis ...