Exhaled nitric oxide in diagnosis and management of respiratory diseases

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 173-181

  Abba, Abdullah ^a,b  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Diseases; Exhaled nitric oxide; Measurement; Respiratory

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MONTELUKAST; NEDOCROMIL; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE;

ASTHMA; BREATH ANALYSIS; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CILIARY DYSKINESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EQUIPMENT; EXPIRED AIR; FRACTIONAL EXHALED NITRIC OXIDE; HUMAN; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; STEROID THERAPY; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349931756     PISSN: 18171737     EISSN: 19983557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.56009     Document Type: Review

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