Airway contribution to alveolar nitric oxide in healthy subjects and stable asthma patients

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 918-924

  Kerckx, Yannick ^a   Michils, Alain ^b   Van Muylem, Alain ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c Chest Dept   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alveolar nitric oxide; Asthma; Exhaled nitric oxide; Modeling

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACKDIFFUSION; BRONCHUS; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ASTHMA; BRONCHI; DIFFUSION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HELIUM; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUMINESCENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EID: 41949127886     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01032.2007     Document Type: Article

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