The clinical utility of bronchoalveolar lavage in diffuse parenchymal lung disease
Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) has been used in diagnostic and prognostic evaluation in diffuse parenchymal lung disease for three decades and has a central role in the diagnosis of a number of rare disorders and in excluding opportunistic infection in treated patients. It also has an important place...
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| Language: | English |
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European Respiratory Society
2010-09-01
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| Series: | European Respiratory Review |
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| Online Access: | http://err.ersjournals.com/content/19/117/237.full.pdf+html |