Exhaled nitric oxide as biomarker of acute lung injury: An unfulfilled promise?

Journal of Breath Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Boshier, Piers R ^a   Hanna, George B ^a   Marczin, Nandor ^b,c,d  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOKINE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; EXHALATION; HUMAN; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; BREATH ANALYSIS; INFLAMMATION; LUNG CIRCULATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREATH TESTS; CYTOKINES; EXHALATION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PULMONARY CIRCULATION;

EID: 84874861697     PISSN: 17527155     EISSN: 17527163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1752-7155/7/1/017118     Document Type: Article

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