Nasal NO and Its Role in the Physiology of the Nose and Diagnosis

摘要: Since the last decade, growing attention has been paid to nitric oxide (NO) as a noninvasive marker of inflammation airways. Exhaled NO (eNO) measurement become routine diagnostic tool in monitoring lower airway inflammation, since it had shown be parameter inflammation. However, most is being produced sinonasal cavities, without clear insight into its precise role upper homeostasis. Nasal (nNO) may involved innate antibacterial effects mucosa, regulation ciliary beat frequency, and/or local blood flow. In addition, nNO believed contribute The nowadays good screening test for primary dyskinesia and, therefore, value.