Exhaled nitric oxide does not provide a marker of vascular endothelial function in healthy humans

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 879-882

  Sartori, Claudio ^b   Lepori, Mattia ^b   Busch, Thilo ^b   Duplain, Hervé ^b   Hildebrandt, Wulf ^b   Bärtsch, Peter ^b   Nicod, Pascal ^b   Falke, Konrad J ^b   Scherrer, Urs ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0032827124     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.160.3.9812043     Document Type: Article

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