Airway inflammation, exhaled nitric oxide, and severity of asthma in patients with western red cedar asthma

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 5 I, 1999, Pages 1434-1438

  Chan Yeung, Moira ^a,b   Obata, Hideto ^a   Dittrick, Michelle ^a   Chan, Henry ^a   Abboud, Raja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATHOGENESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032943283     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.159.5.9807007     Document Type: Article

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