Diagnostic utility of bronchoalveolar lavage
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Bronchoalveolar lavage as a diagnostic tool.
Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) provides an important diagnostic tool that can facilitate the diagnosis of various diffuse lung diseases. BAL fluid can be analyzed to determine white blood cell (WBC) profiles and to detect respiratory pathogens. Although BAL is seldom useful as a "stand-alone" diagnostic test for the diagnosis of diffuse infiltrative lung disease, when combined with clinical data ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cytology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0970-9371
DOI: 10.4103/0970-9371.145636