Nitrites in induced sputum as a simple and cheap non-invasive marker of airway inflammation for asthmatic schoolchildren

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 433-437

  Recabarren, Arturo ^a   Apaza, Carlos ^a   Castro Rodríguez, José A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN AGUSTÍN DE AREQUIPA   (Peru)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile ^*  (Chile)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Asthma; Children; Nitric oxide metabolites; Nitrites; Sputum

Indexed keywords

NITRITE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM LEVEL;

ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NITRITES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPUTUM;

EID: 47249122179     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2007.00671.x     Document Type: Article

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