Effect of a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor and a glucocorticosteroid on exhaled nitric oxide

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 892-896

  Yates, Debbie H ^a   Kharitonov, Sergei A ^a   Robbins, Richard A ^a   Thomas, Paul S ^a   Barnes, Peter J ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; METHACHOLINE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EXHALATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEBULIZATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0029080403     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.152.3.7663801     Document Type: Article

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