Exhaled single-breath nitric oxide measurements are reproducible, repeatable and reflect levels of nitric oxide found in the lower airways

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 467-472

  Gabbay, E ^a   Fisher, A J ^a   Small, T ^a   Leonard, A J ^a   Corris, P A ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exhaled nitric oxide; Lower airways nitric oxide levels; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS;

BREATH TESTS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; NITRIC OXIDE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION;

EID: 0031910967     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.98.11020467     Document Type: Article

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