Bronchoalveolar lavage: Still useful in diagnosing sarcoidosis?

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 787-797

  Nagai, S ^a   Izumi, T ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; BERYLLIOSIS; BRONCHIOLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 0030865397     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-5231(05)70418-4     Document Type: Article

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