Role of nitric oxide on airway microvascular permeability in patients with asthma

Osaka City Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Tohyama, Yoshiki ^a   Kanazawa, Hiroshi ^a   Fujiwara, Hiroshi ^a   Hirata, Kazuto ^a   Fujimoto, Shigeo ^a   Yoshikawa, Junichi ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airway hyperresponsiveness; Exhaled nitric oxide; Microvascular leakage; Sputum eosinophilia

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EXHALATION; HUMAN; LUNG; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXHALATION; HUMANS; LUNG; NITRIC OXIDE;

EID: 33644684811     PISSN: 00306096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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