Predictive value of BAL cell differentials in the diagnosis of interstitial lung diseases

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1000-1006

  Welker, L ^a   Jorres R A ^a   Costabel, U ^b   Magnussen, H ^a  

^a KRANKENHAUS GROSSHANSDORF   (Germany)

^b RUHRLANDKLINIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; Bronchoalveolar lavage; CD4 CD8 ratio; Granulocytes; Lymphocytes; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERIVATIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BAYES THEOREM; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CELL COUNT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 10444231219     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.04.00101303     Document Type: Article

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