Inflammatory markers and acid-base equilibrium in exhaled breath condensate of stable and unstable asthma patients

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-129

  Tomasiak Lozowska, Maria Magdalena ^a   Zietkowski, Ziemowit ^a   Przeslaw, Katarzyna ^a   Tomasiak, Marian ^a   Skiepko, Roman ^a   Bodzenta Lukaszyk, Anna ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Asthma; Exhaled breath condensate; Nitrite nitrate; Oxidative stress; pH levels

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CORTICOSTEROID; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NITRATE; NITRITE;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHILIA; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETER;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ADULT; AGED; AMMONIA; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; EOSINOPHILIA; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861586272     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000335674     Document Type: Article

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