Elevated levels of exhaled nitric oxide in recurrent tonsillitis

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 909-910

  Kasperska Zajac, A ^a   Brzoza, Z ^a   Czecior, E ^a   Rogala, B ^a   Polok, A ^a   Namyslowski, G ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ASTHMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; SMOKING; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREATH ANALYSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREATH TESTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 42949102073     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00169207     Document Type: Letter

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