The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 121, Issue 3 , Pages 705-709 , March 2008

Exhaled nitric oxide distinguishes between subgroups of preschool children with respiratory symptoms

  • Alexander Moeller, MD

      Affiliations

    • Swiss Pediatric Respiratory Research Group and Division of Respiratory Medicine, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Alexander Moeller, MD, Division of Respiratory Medicine, University Children's Hospital, Steinwiesstrasse 75, CH-8032 Zurich, Switzerland.
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  • Corinne Diefenbacher, MD

      Affiliations

    • Swiss Pediatric Respiratory Research Group and Division of Respiratory Medicine, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Andrea Lehmann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Swiss Pediatric Respiratory Research Group and Division of Respiratory Medicine, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Mascha Rochat, MD

      Affiliations

    • Swiss Pediatric Respiratory Research Group and Division of Respiratory Medicine, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Joanne Brooks-Wildhaber, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Alpine Children's Hospital, Davos, Switzerland
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  • Graham L. Hall, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children and School of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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  • Johannes H. Wildhaber, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Swiss Pediatric Respiratory Research Group and Division of Respiratory Medicine, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Received 6 May 2007 ,Revised 30 October 2007 ,Accepted 1 November 2007.

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 Supported by an unrestricted grant by GlaxoSmithKline Switzerland.

 Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: The authors have declared that they have no conflict of interest.

PII: S0091-6749(07)02219-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.11.008

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 121, Issue 3 , Pages 705-709 , March 2008

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