Nitric oxide in asthma: What good does it do?;Óxido nítrico en el asma ¿para qué sirve?

Archivos de Bronconeumologia

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 157-159

  Diego Damiá, Alfredo de ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EXHALATION; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; OXIDATION; PROGNOSIS; BREATH ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ASTHMA; BREATH TESTS; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77950458182     PISSN: 03002896     EISSN: 15792129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arbres.2009.12.010     Document Type: Article

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