Non-invasive monitoring of inflammation in asthma using exhaled nitric oxide

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 146-148

  Amirav, Israel ^a,c   Zacharasiewicz, Angella ^b  

^a Rebecca Sieff Government Hospital   (Israel)

^b Wilhelminenspital ^*  (Austria)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Asthma; Exhaled nitric oxide; Inflammation; Management; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CORTICOSTEROID; NITRIC OXIDE; PREDNISONE;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ASTHMA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; EOSINOPHIL; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; BREATH ANALYSIS; BRONCHITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING;

ASTHMA; BREATH TESTS; BRONCHITIS; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NITRIC OXIDE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 42949164949     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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