The use of exhaled nitric oxide concentration to identify eosinophilic airway inflammation: An observational study in adults with asthma

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1175-1179

  Berry, M A ^a   Shaw, D E ^a   Green, R H ^a   Brightling, C E ^a   Wardlaw, A J ^a   Pavord, I D ^a  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Eosinophil; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIA; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; BREATH ANALYSIS; EOSINOPHIL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; ROC CURVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; BREATH TESTS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SPUTUM;

EID: 33644773052     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2005.02314.x     Document Type: Article

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