Exhaled nitric oxide in the diagnosis and management of asthma

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 70-76

  Turner, Steve ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL ABERDEEN CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Diagnosis; Exhaled nitric oxide; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CORTICOSTEROID; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; STEROID;

ASTHMA; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; PATIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ASTHMA; BETULA; BREATH TESTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EXHALATION; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; TRIAMCINOLONE;

EID: 38049126089     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e3282f3b4b0     Document Type: Review

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