Measurement of expired nitric oxide levels in children

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 396-401

  Dinarevic, S ^a   Byrnes, C A ^a   Bush, A ^a   Shinebourne, E A ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

expired gas; Nitric oxide; normal values

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

ADULT; BREATH TESTS; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030468881     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199612)22:6<396::AID-PPUL8>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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