Assessment of exhaled nitric oxide kinetics in healthy infants

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2384-2390

  Martinez T ^a   Weist, A ^a   Williams, T ^a   Clem, C ^a   Silkoff, P ^b   Tepper, R S ^a,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^c RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Lung function; Nitric oxide measurement

Indexed keywords

CHLORAL HYDRATE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EXHALATION; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; FLOW KINETICS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION;

EID: 0037502851     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00758.2002     Document Type: Article

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