Exhaled nitric oxide is higher both at day and night in subjects with nocturnal asthma

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 902-907

  Ten Hacken, Nick H T ^a   Van Der Vaart, Hester ^a   Van Der Mark, Thomas W ^a   Koëter, Gerard H ^a   Postma, Dirkje S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031720930     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.158.3.9712021     Document Type: Article

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