Exhaled nitric oxide and bronchial wall thickening in asthmatics during and after acute exacerbation: Evidence of bronchial wall remodeling

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 667-671

  Ketai, Loren ^a   Harkins, Michelle ^a   Fiato, Karen Lynn ^a   Iwamoto, Gary K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Exacerbation; Exhaled nitric oxide; Inflammation; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; BRONCHUS WALL REMODELING; BRONCHUS WALL THICKENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; SPIROMETRY; THICKNESS; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHI; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; EXHALATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27744506783     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900500264978     Document Type: Article

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