Bronchoalveolar lavage in a patient with recurrence of sarcoidosis after lung transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1010-1013

  Slebos, Dirk Jan ^a   Verschuuren, Erik A M ^a   Koëter, Gerard H ^a   Van Der Bij, Wim ^a   Kauffman, Henk F ^a   Postma, Dirkje S ^a   Timens, Wim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AZATHIOPRINE; BASILIXIMAB; COTRIMOXAZOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; PROSTACYCLIN; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BRONCHIOLITIS; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SARCOIDOSIS;

ADULT; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CD4-CD8 RATIO; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 4243138155     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2003.08.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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