Reference values for bronchoalveolar lavage in children

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 247-250

  Ratjen, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Children; Reference values

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD57 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; HLA D ANTIGEN;

CELL COUNT; CELL SURFACE; CHILD; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; NEUTROPHIL; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW;

EID: 0033898365     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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