Low nitric oxide concentrations in exhaled gas and nasal airways of mammals without paranasal sinuses

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 405-410

  Lewandowski, Klaus ^a,c   Busch, Thilo ^a   Lohbrunner, Hansjörg ^a   Rensing, Susanne ^b   Keske, Uwe ^c   Gerlach, Herwig ^a   Falke, Konrad J ^a  

^a Klin F Anasthesiologie Oper I   (Germany)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Autoinhalation; Baboons

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

AGE; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABOON; BREATHING; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; LUNG DEAD SPACE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOSE AIRFLOW; PARANASAL SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031880327     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.85.2.405     Document Type: Article

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