Decreased exhaled nitric oxide in mild persistent asthma patients treated with a leukotriene receptor antagonist, pranlukast

Japanese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 541-544

  Kobayashi, Hirosuke ^a   Takahashi, Yuko ^a   Mitsufuji, Hisashi ^a   Hataishi, Ryuji ^a   Cui, Tallin ^a   Tanaka, Naohiko ^a   Kawakami, Tadashi ^a   Tomita, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchial asthma; Leukotrienes; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

LEUKOTRIENE; NITRIC OXIDE; PRANLUKAST;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033507579     PISSN: 0021521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2170/jjphysiol.49.541     Document Type: Article

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