Predictive value of bronchoalveolar lavage cell analysis in sarcoidosis.
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Predictive value of bronchoalveolar lavage cell analysis in sarcoidosis.
Patients with histopathologically proved sarcoidosis were studied serially by means of bronchoalveolar lavage, initially at the time of diagnosis and then six and 12 months later. Two years later they were evaluated by chest radiography and lung function tests and classified in terms of recovery or progression over the previous two years. The recovery of lymphocytes and granulocytes in lavage f...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.43.4.284