How I Do Bronchoalveolar Lavage

Journal of Bronchology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 309-314

  Baughman, Robert P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

BAL; Bronchoalveolar lavage; Pneumonia; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG ASPIRATION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG LAVAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0242499378     PISSN: 10708030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00128594-200310000-00017     Document Type: Article

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