Marked flow-dependence of exhaled nitric oxide using a new technique to exclude nasal nitric oxide

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 260-267

  Silkoff, Philip E ^a   Mcclean, Patricia A ^a   Slutsky, Arthur S ^a   Furlott, Henry G ^a   Hoffstein, Eric ^a   Wakita, Suguru ^a   Chapman, Kenneth R ^a   Szalai, John P ^a   Zamel, Noe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; EXERCISE; EXPIRED AIR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERVENTILATION; LUNG DISEASE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIDAL VOLUME;

EID: 0031034566     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.155.1.9001322     Document Type: Article

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