Cytocentrifugation conditions affecting the differential cell count in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 416-422

  De Brauwer, E I G B ^a   Jacobs, J A ^a   Nieman, F ^a   Bruggeman, C A ^a   Wagenaar, S S ^a   Drent, M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid; Cell count; Cytocentrifugation; Cytospin

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; VELOCITY;

BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CENTRIFUGATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033775774     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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