Comparison of exhaled nitric oxide measurement with conventional tests in steroid-naive asthma patients

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 239-246

  Zietkowski, Z ^a   Bodzenta Lukaszyk, A ^a   Tomasiak, M M ^a   Skiepko, R ^a   Szmitkowski, M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Asthma; Blood eosinophilia; Eosinophil cationic protein; Exhaled nitric oxide; Ige; Pulmonary function tests

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; HISTAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; STEROID;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIA; EXHALATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INHALATION; INHALATION TEST; LUNG FLOW VOLUME CURVE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRICK TEST; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SKIN TEST; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; EOSINOPHILS; EXHALATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; STEROIDS;

EID: 33746864558     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: 16980808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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