Exhaled nitric oxide and COPD.
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چکیده
We were interested to read the paper by LEHTIMÄKI et al. [1] recently published in the European Respiratory Journal, in which those authors reported that ‘‘high pre-treatment levels of J9aw,NO [bronchial nitric oxide flux] are related to symptom relief and improvement of airway obstruction’’ when inhaled fluticasone is given to patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Their data complement those which we ourselves have recently published [2].
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The European respiratory journal
دوره 36 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010