Exhaled nitric oxide during acute changes of airways calibre in asthma

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1134-1138

  Garnier, P ^a   Fajac, I ^a   Dessanges, J F ^a   Dall'Ava Santucci, J ^a   Lockhart, A ^a   Dinh Xuan, A T ^a  

^a Univ René Descartes ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Asthma; bronchial hyperresponsiveness; bronchial reversibility; methacholine; nitric oxide; salbutamol

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE; NITRIC OXIDE; SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATATION; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; BRONCHUS TONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ALBUTEROL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; BRONCHOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0030015852     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.96.09061134     Document Type: Article

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