Nitric oxide metabolites in induced sputum: A noninvasive marker of airway inflammation in asthma

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 329-337

  Kumar, Lata ^a   Rajput, Nitin ^a,b   Majumdar, Siddhartha ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergic inflammation; Eosinophils

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; DITHIOTHREITOL; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; NITRIC OXIDE; SALBUTAMOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE MARKER; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; METABOLITE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SUPERNATANT; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRONCHI; CHILD; EOSINOPHILS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NITRIC OXIDE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM;

EID: 18644366245     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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