Exhaled nitric oxide correlates with airway hyperresponsiveness in steroid-naive patients with mild asthma

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 3 PART I, 1998, Pages 894-898

  Dupont, Lieven J ^a   Rochette, Felicien ^a   Demedts, Maurits G ^a   Verleden, Geert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONICITY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE INDUCED ASTHMA; FEMALE; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STEROID ANALYSIS; STEROID THERAPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031945766     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.157.3.9709064     Document Type: Article

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