Extended exhaled NO measurement differentiates between alveolar and bronchial inflammation

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1557-1561

  Lehtimaki L ^a   Kankaanranta, H ^a   Saarelainen, S ^a   Hahtola, P ^a   Jarvenpaa R ^a   Koivula, T ^a   Turjanmaa, V ^a   Moilanen, E ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL PROTEIN X; FLIXOTIDE DISKUS; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; GLUCOCORTICOID; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG ALVEOLITIS; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 0034954971     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.163.7.2010171     Document Type: Article

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