Longitudinal profile of bronchoalveolar lavage cell characteristics in patients with a good outcome after lung transplantation

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 501-507

  Slebos, Dirk Jan ^a   Scholma, Janny ^a   Marike Boezen, H ^a   Koëter, Gerard H ^b   Van Der Bij, W I M ^a   Postma, Dirkje S ^b   Kauffman, Henk F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis obliterans; Bronchoalveolar lavage; CD4 CD8 ratio; Lung transplantation; Reference values

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0037083994     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.165.4.2107035     Document Type: Article

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