Does exhaled nitric oxide measurement help distinguish between wheezing phenotypes in preschool children?

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 710-711

  Bacharier, Leonard B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NITRIC OXIDE;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; EDITORIAL; EXHALATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; OSCILLOMETRY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; BREATH TESTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENOTYPE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 40049109089     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.01.018     Document Type: Editorial

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