Lack of inhibitory effect of dexamethasone on exhalation of nitric oxide by healthy humans

Internal Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 356-361

  Sato, Kunio ^a   Sumino, Hiroyuki ^a   Sakamaki, Tetsuo ^a   Sakamoto, Hironosuke ^a   Nakamura, Tetsuya ^a   Ono, Zenpei ^a   Nagai, Ryozo ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

induction; interferon ; interleukin 1 ; single breath; Tedlar bag

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GAMMA INTERFERON; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXHALATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0029898165     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.35.356     Document Type: Article

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