Airway versus transbronchial biopsy and BAL in lung transplant recipients: Different but complementary

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2876-2880

  Ward, C ^a   Snell, G I ^a   Orsida, B ^a   Zheng, L ^a   Williams, T J ^a   Walters, E H ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Endobronchial biopsy; Lung transplant; Transbronchial biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHI; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031451791     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.97.10122876     Document Type: Article

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