Increased exhaled nitric oxide in asthma is mainly derived from the lower respiratory tract

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 6 I, 1996, Pages 1773-1780

  Kharitonov, Sergei A ^a   Chung, K Fan ^a   Evans, David ^a   O'Connor, Brian J ^a   Barnes, Peter J ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATH HOLDING; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029934167     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.153.6.8665033     Document Type: Article

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