Glutathione and arginine levels: Predictors for acetaminophen-associated asthma exacerbation?

Publication date: Available online 5 March 2018
Source:Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Author(s): Claudia R. Morris, David T. Mauger, Jung H. Suh, Wanda Phipatanakul, William J. Sheehan, James N. Moy, Ian M. Paul, Stanley J. Szefler, Daniel J. Jackson, Anne M. Fitzpatrick

Teaser

Retrospective studies have demonstrated associations between acetaminophen and exacerbations in asthma, purportedly due to reductions in the antioxidant, glutathione. In this study of young children with mild asthma treated with acetaminophen, baseline levels of glutathione were not associated with future exacerbations.


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