Exhaled nitric oxide measurements in the first 2 years of life: Methodological issues, clinical and epidemiological applications

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 35, Issue 21, 2009, Pages

  Gabriele, Carmelo ^a,b   De Benedictis, Fernando M ^a   De Jongste, Johan C ^b  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NITRIC OXIDE;

ASTHMA; CILIARY DYSKINESIA; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; HUMAN; LUNG DYSPLASIA; LUNG FUNCTION; MORBIDITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TIDAL VOLUME; WHEEZING;

EID: 67849133061     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1824-7288-35-21     Document Type: Review

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