Clinical utility of bronchoalveolar lavage cell phenotype analyses in the postoperative monitoring of lung transplant recipients

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 60-66

  Reynaud Gaubert, Martine ^a   Thomas, Pascal ^a,b   Gregoire, Régine ^a   Badier, Monique ^b   Cau, Pierre ^c   Sampol, José ^c   Giudicelli, Roger ^a   Fuentes, Pierre ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

^b UPRES EA 2201   (France)

^c APHM and UMR S1076   (France)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Cellularity; Flow cytometry; Lung transplantation; Lymphocyte subsets

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD57 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LUNG ALVEOLITIS; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NEUTROPHILIA; PATIENT MONITORING; PHENOTYPE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CD4-CD8 RATIO; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PHENOTYPE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036156976     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(01)01068-5     Document Type: Article

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