Acute and chronic effects of allergic airway inflammation on pulmonary nitric oxide production

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 1 16-1, 1997, Pages

  Mehta, Sanjay ^a   Lilly, Craig M ^a   Rollenhagen, Julie E ^a   Haley, Kathleen J ^a   Asano, Koichiro ^a   Drazen, Jeffrey M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

asthma; bronchoconstriction; guinea pig; nitric oxide synthase; respiratory resistance

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG LAVAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 0031017194     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.1997.272.1.l124     Document Type: Article

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