Six month and 1 year smoking cessation decrease sputum inducible nitric oxide synthase and nitrotyrosine expression at the never-smokers‘ levels

I. Bouloukaki, M. Tsoumakidou, I. Mitrouska, N. Siafakas, N. Tzanakis (Heraklion, Greece)

Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Towards smoking cessation
Session: Towards smoking cessation
Session type: E-Communication Session
Number: 437
Disease area: Airway diseases

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I. Bouloukaki, M. Tsoumakidou, I. Mitrouska, N. Siafakas, N. Tzanakis (Heraklion, Greece). Six month and 1 year smoking cessation decrease sputum inducible nitric oxide synthase and nitrotyrosine expression at the never-smokers‘ levels. Eur Respir J 2008; 32: Suppl. 52, 437

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