Exhaled nitric oxide and bronchoalveolar lavage nitrite/nitrate in active pulmonary sarcoidosis

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1892-1896

  O'donnell, Dearbhaile M ^b   Moynihan, John ^b   Finlay, Geraldine A ^b   Keatings, Vera M ^b   O'connor, Clare M ^b   Mcloughlin, Paul ^a   Fitzgerald, Muiris X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG ALVEOLITIS; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031434225     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.156.6.9705013     Document Type: Article

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