Nitric oxide used to test pulmonary gas exchange in rabbits

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 437, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 94-97

  Heller, H ^a   Schuster, K D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alveolar capillary membrane; Diffusive properties; Single breath method

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; OXYGEN 18;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; GAS EXCHANGE; ISOTOPE LABELING; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; BREATH TESTS; CARBON MONOXIDE; DIFFUSION; HEMOGLOBINS; KINETICS; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RABBITS;

EID: 0032442985     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050752     Document Type: Article

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