The acute chest syndrome in sickle cell disease. Possible role of nitric oxide in its pathophysiology and treatment

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1999 May;159(5 Pt 1):1368-76. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm.159.5.9810094.

Authors

M T Gladwin¹, A N Schechter, J H Shelhamer, F P Ognibene

Affiliation

¹ The Critical Care Medicine Department of the Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center and the Laboratory of Chemical Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-1662, USA.

PMID: 10228097
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.159.5.9810094

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Review

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Anemia, Sickle Cell / complications*
Humans
Nitric Oxide / physiology*
Nitric Oxide / therapeutic use*
Syndrome
Thoracic Diseases / drug therapy
Thoracic Diseases / etiology*
Thoracic Diseases / physiopathology*

Substances

Nitric Oxide