Exhaled nitric oxide correlated with induced sputum findings in COPD

Chest

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1049-1055

  Silkoff, P E ^a   Martin, D ^a   Pak, J ^a   Westcott, J Y ^a   Martin, R J ^a  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

COPD; Inflammation; Nitric oxide; Sputum

Indexed keywords

CHEMOATTRACTANT; INTERLEUKIN 8; LEUKOTRIENE B4; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EXHALATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034922998     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.119.4.1049     Document Type: Article

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