Exhaled nitric oxide discriminates children with and without allergic sensitization in a population-based study

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 556-564

  Yao, T C ^a,b   Ou, L S ^a,b   Lee, W I ^a,b   Yeh, K W ^a,b   Chen, L C ^a,b   Huang, J L ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Allergic sensitization; Asthma; Atopy; Body mass index; Children; Exhaled nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGIC SENSITIZATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSITIZATION; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AREA UNDER CURVE; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREATH TESTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 79952604939     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2010.03687.x     Document Type: Article

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