Cross sectional study of exhaled nitric oxide levels following lung transplantation

Thorax

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 454-458

  Fisher, A J ^a   Gabbay, E ^a   Small, T ^a   Doig, S ^a   Dark, J H ^a   Corris, P A ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exhaled nitric oxide; Lung transplantation; Obliterative bronchiolitis

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031801564     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.53.6.454     Document Type: Article

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