Endogenous nitric oxide in patients with stable COPD: Correlates with severity of disease

Thorax

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 881-883

  Clini, Enrico ^a,b   Bianchi, Luca ^a   Pagani, Marco ^a   Ambrosino, Nicolino ^a  

^a Centro Medico di Gussago   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Exhaled nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COR PULMONALE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0031722239     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.53.10.881     Document Type: Article

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