Effect of tonsillectomy on the level of exhaled nitric oxide (NO) in patients with recurrent tonsillitis

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1757-1759

  Kasperska Zajac, A ^a   Czecior, E ^a   Namyslowski, G ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide; Tonsillectomy; Tonsillitis

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREATH TESTS; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; RECURRENCE; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957159654     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2010.07.024     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. S.A. Kharitonov, K.F. Chung, D. Evans, B.J. O'Connor, and P.J. Barnes Increased exhaled nitric oxide in asthma is mainly derived from the lower respiratory tract Am J Respir Crit Care Med 153 1996 1773 1780
2. K. Alving, E. Weitzberg, and J.M. Lundberg Increased amount of nitric oxide in exhaled air of asthmatics Eur Respir J 6 1993 1368 1370
3. S.A. Kharitonov, A.U. Wells, B.J. O'Connor, P.J. Cole, D.M. Hansell, R.B. Logan-Sinclair, and P.J. Barnes Elevated levels of exhaled nitric oxide in bronchiectasis Am J Respir Crit Care Med 151 1995 1889 1893
4. J.F. Arnal, A. Didier, J. Rami, C. M'Rini, J.P. Charlet, E. Serrano, and J.P. Besombes Nasal nitric oxide is increased in allergic rhinitis Clin Exp Allergy 27 1997 358 362
5. U. Martin, K. Bryden, M. Devoy, and P. Howarth Increased levels of exhaled nitric oxide during nasal and oral breathing in subjects with seasonal rhinitis J Allergy Clin Immunol 97 1996 768 772
6. A.W. Murphy, T.A. Platts-Mills, M. Lobo, and F. Hayden Respiratory nitric oxide levels in experimental human influenza Chest 114 1998 452 456
7. A. Kasperska-Zajac, Z. Brzoza, E. Czecior, B. Rogala, A. Polok, and A. Namyslowski Elevated levels of exhaled nitric oxide in recurrent tonsillitis Eur Respir J 31 2008 909 910
8. J.W. Coleman Nitric oxide in immunity and inflammation Int Immunopharmacol 8 2001 1397 1406
9. H.W. Wang, W.F. Su, Y.S. Lin, and B.H. Kang Immunolocalization of inducible nitric oxide synthase and 3-nitrotyrosine in recurrently inflamed, human palatine tonsils Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 259 2002 413 418 B
10. M. Unal, M.Y. Cimen, Z.N. Dogruer, and T. Cevik The potential inflammatory role of arginase and iNOS in children with chronic adenotonsillar hypertrophy Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 69 2005 381 385 B