Low levels of exhaled nitric oxide are associated with impaired lung function in cystic fibrosis

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 241-248

  Keen, C ^a   Gustafsson, P ^a,b   Lindblad, A ^a   Wennergren, G ^a   Olin, A C ^c  

^a QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Flow independent exhaled nitric oxide; Lung clearance index; Multiple breath inert gas washout

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; OROSOMUCOID;

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE MARKER; EXPIRATORY FLOW; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREATH TESTS; BRONCHI; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NITRIC OXIDE; OROSOMUCOID; PLATELET COUNT; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

EID: 77449157298     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.21137     Document Type: Article

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