Significance of lymphocytosis in bronchoalveolar lavage in suspected ocular sarcoidosis

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 515-521

  Takahashi, T ^a   Azuma, A ^a   Abe, S ^a   Kawanami, O ^a   Ohara, K ^a   Kudoh, S ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; High resolution computed tomography; Lymphocytosis; Ocular sarcoidosis; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GALLIUM; LYSOZYME; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG HILUS; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SKIN TEST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; CD4-CD8 RATIO; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOIDOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034820656     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.01.99104501     Document Type: Article

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