Bronchoalveolar Lavage (BAL) and Tropical Lung Disease
The advent of fiberoptic bronchoscopy permitted bronchoalveolar (BAL) to become an easily performed well-tolerated diagnostic and investigative tool. The technique has opened up a helpful new window to the lungs. Changes in the quantity and pattern of BAL fluid and analysis of cells, cytokines have...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2007-10-01
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| Series: | Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0873215915303998 |