Respiratory Medicine
Volume 100, Issue 8 , Pages 1392-1396 , August 2006

A comparison of exhaled nitric oxide measurements performed using three different analysers

  • Zoë Borrill

      Affiliations

    • Medicines Evaluation Unit, North West Lung Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Southmoor Road., Manchester M23 9LT, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +441612912239; fax: +441612912243.
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  • David Clough

      Affiliations

    • Medicines Evaluation Unit, North West Lung Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Southmoor Road., Manchester M23 9LT, UK
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  • Nick Truman

      Affiliations

    • Medicines Evaluation Unit, North West Lung Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Southmoor Road., Manchester M23 9LT, UK
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  • Julie Morris

      Affiliations

    • Medical Statistics, Wythenshawe Hospital, Southmoor Road, Manchester M23 9LT, UK
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  • Stephen Langley

      Affiliations

    • Medicines Evaluation Unit, North West Lung Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Southmoor Road., Manchester M23 9LT, UK
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  • Dave Singh

      Affiliations

    • Medicines Evaluation Unit, North West Lung Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Southmoor Road., Manchester M23 9LT, UK

Received 14 February 2005 ,Accepted 21 November 2005.

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PII: S0954-6111(05)00508-1

doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2005.11.018

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 100, Issue 8 , Pages 1392-1396 , August 2006

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