The effect of cigarette smoking on exhaled nitric oxide in mild steroid- naive asthmatics

Chest

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-64

  Verleden, Geert M ^a   Dupont, Lieven J ^a   Verpeut, Ann C ^a   Demedts, Maurits G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Cigarette smoking; Exhaled nitric oxide; Inhaled steroids; Mild asthma

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXHALATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIATOR RELEASE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 0032778618     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.116.1.59     Document Type: Article

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