Exhaled nitric oxide concentrations during treatment of wheezing exacerbation in infants and young children

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 4 I, 1999, Pages 1284-1288

  Baraldi, Eugenio ^a,b   Dario, Cinzia ^a   Ongaro, Riccardo ^a   Scollo, Massimo ^a   Azzolin, Nicoletta M ^a   Panza, Nicola ^a   Paganini, Nicola ^a   Zacchello, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Department of Pediatrics   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPIRED AIR; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION; WHEEZING;

EID: 0032938340     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.159.4.9807084     Document Type: Article

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