Respiratory Medicine
Volume 100, Issue 11 , Pages 1981-1987 , November 2006

Exhaled nitric oxide as a diagnostic test for asthma in rhinitic patients with asthmatic symptoms

  • Enrico Heffler

      Affiliations

    • Allergologia e Immunologia Clinica, University of Torino, Ospedale Mauriziano Umberto I, Largo Turati 62, 10128 Torino, Italy
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  • Giuseppe Guida

      Affiliations

    • Allergologia e Immunologia Clinica, University of Torino, Ospedale Mauriziano Umberto I, Largo Turati 62, 10128 Torino, Italy
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  • Pietro Marsico

      Affiliations

    • Allergologia e Immunologia Clinica, University of Torino, Ospedale Mauriziano Umberto I, Largo Turati 62, 10128 Torino, Italy
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  • Roberta Bergia

      Affiliations

    • Allergologia e Immunologia Clinica, University of Torino, Ospedale Mauriziano Umberto I, Largo Turati 62, 10128 Torino, Italy
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  • Luisa Bommarito

      Affiliations

    • Allergologia e Immunologia Clinica, University of Torino, Ospedale Mauriziano Umberto I, Largo Turati 62, 10128 Torino, Italy
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  • Nicoletta Ferrero

      Affiliations

    • Allergologia e Immunologia Clinica, University of Torino, Ospedale Mauriziano Umberto I, Largo Turati 62, 10128 Torino, Italy
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  • Franco Nebiolo

      Affiliations

    • Allergologia e Immunologia Clinica, University of Torino, Ospedale Mauriziano Umberto I, Largo Turati 62, 10128 Torino, Italy
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  • Antonella De Stefani

      Affiliations

    • Otorinolaringoiatria, Ospedale Mauriziano Umberto I, Largo Turati 62, 10128 Torino, Italy
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  • Antonio Usai

      Affiliations

    • Otorinolaringoiatria, Ospedale Mauriziano Umberto I, Largo Turati 62, 10128 Torino, Italy
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  • Caterina Bucca

      Affiliations

    • Ospedale Molinette and Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Oncologia Umana, University of Torino, Via Genova 3, 10126 Torino, Italy
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  • Giovanni Rolla

      Affiliations

    • Allergologia e Immunologia Clinica, University of Torino, Ospedale Mauriziano Umberto I, Largo Turati 62, 10128 Torino, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39115082083; fax: +39115682588.

Received 21 November 2005 ,Accepted 23 February 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2006.02.019

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 100, Issue 11 , Pages 1981-1987 , November 2006

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