Acid-base equilibrium in exhaled breath condensate of allergic asthmatic children

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 476-481

  Carraro, S ^a   Folesani, G ^b   Corradi, Massino ^b   Zanconato, S ^a   Gaston, B ^c   Baraldi, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Asthma; Exhaled breath condensate; Nitric oxide: pH

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARGON; CORTICOSTEROID; NITRIC OXIDE;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHALED BREATH CONDENSATE; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ADOLESCENT; AMMONIA; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 14744303524     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2005.00718.x     Document Type: Article

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