Inhaled nitric oxide: A bronchodilator in mild asthmatics with methacholine-induced bronchospasm

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 128-135

  Kacmarek, Robert M ^a   Ripple, Rock ^a   Cockrill, Barbara A ^a   Bloch, Kurt J ^a   Zapol, Warren M ^a   Johnson, Douglas C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENALINE; METHACHOLINE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATATION; BRONCHOSPASM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0030047112     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.153.1.8542105     Document Type: Article

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