Bronchoalveolar lavage in the diagnostic work-up of diffuse interstitial lung disease;Bronchoalveolaire lavage in de diagnostiek van diffuse longaandoeningen

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 142, Issue 49, 1998, Pages 2661-2665

  Drent, M ^a   Costabel, U ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RUHRLANDKLINIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LAVAGE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; SMOKING; STAINING;

EID: 0032488215     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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