Bronchoalveolar lavage in childhood: Technical aspects and standard reference values;Die bronchoalveolare Lavage im Kindesalter: Technische Aspekte und Referenzwerte

Pneumologie

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 93-98

  Ratjen, F ^a   Costabel, U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b RUHRLANDKLINIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; ADULT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031064742     PISSN: 09348387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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