Increased carbon monoxide in exhaled air of patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1537-1541

  Monma, M ^a   Yamaya, M ^a   Sekizawa, K ^a   Ikeda, K ^a   Suzuki, N ^a   Kikuchi, T ^a   Takasaka, T ^a   Sasaki, H ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Alveolar macrophages; Asthma; Carbon monoxide; Haem oxygenase; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; HEME OXYGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLLEN; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADULT; BREATH TESTS; CARBON MONOXIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLLEN; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; TREES;

EID: 0032732829     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1999.00684.x     Document Type: Article

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