Effect of natural grass pollen exposure on exhaled nitric oxide in asthmatic children

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 262-266

  Baraldi, Eugenio ^a,b   Carrà, Sabina ^a   Dario, Cinzia ^a   Azzolin, Nicoletta ^a   Ongaro, Riccardo ^a   Marcer, Guido ^a   Zacchello, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032921936     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.159.1.9804063     Document Type: Article

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