Arterial and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid endothelin-1 concentration in asthma

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 992-996

  Trakada, G ^a   Tsourapis, S ^a   Marangos, M ^a   Spiropoulos, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bronchoalveolar lavage; Endothelin 1; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; OXYGEN; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; OXYGEN TENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REMISSION;

EID: 0033754088     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rmed.2000.0890     Document Type: Article

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