Increased carbon monoxide in exhaled air of asthmatic patients

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 4 PART I, 1997, Pages 1140-1143

  Zayasu, Kiyoshi ^a   Sekizawa, Kiyohisa ^a   Okinaga, Shoji ^a   Yamaya, Mutsuo ^a   Ohrui, Takashi ^a   Sasaki, Hidetada ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; GAS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; ASTHMA; CARBON MONOXIDE; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPUTUM; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0030793845     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.156.4.96-08056     Document Type: Article

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