Evaluation of fractional analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage combined with cellular morphological features

International Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Taniuchi, Namiko ^a   Ghazizadeh, Mohammad ^a   Enomoto, Tatsuji ^b   Matsuda, Kiyoshi ^c   Sato, Masashi ^d   Takizawa, Yuko ^a   Jin, Enjing ^a   Egawa, Seiko ^a   Azuma, Arata ^a   Gemma, Akihiko ^a   Kudoh, Shoji ^a   Kawanami, Oichi ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN HIROO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Yamanashi Prefectural Central Hospital   (Japan)

^d NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL MUSASHI KOSUGI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage procedure; Hypersensitivity pneumonia; Interstitial lung diseases; Lymphocyte morphology; Masson bodies; Neutrophil; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AIRWAY; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CELL ASSAY; CELL COUNT; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG ALVEOLUS WALL; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG LOBE; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAST CELL; NEUTROPHIL; SARCOIDOSIS; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 60149093401     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14491907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijms.6.1     Document Type: Article

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