Exhaled and sputum nitric oxide in bronchiectasis: Correlation with clinical parameters

Chest

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 88-94

  Tsang, Kenneth W ^a   Leung, Raymond ^a   Fung, Peter Chin Wan ^a   Chan, Shelley L ^a   Tipoe, George L ^a   Ooi, Gaik C ^b   Lam, Wah K ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Assessment; Bronchiectasis; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHALATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG LOBE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036155518     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.121.1.88     Document Type: Article

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