Bronchoalveolar lavage in hypersensitivity pneumonitis: A series of 139 patients

Inflammation and Allergy - Drug Targets

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-19

  Caillaud, Denis M ^a   Vergnon, Jean M ^b   Madroszyk, Anne ^c   Melloni, Boris M ^d   Murris, Marlene ^e   Dalphin, Jean C ^f  

^a Department of Pulmonary Medicine   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^c INSTITUT PAOLI CALMETTES   (France)

^d LIMOGES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e SERVICE DE PNEUMOLOGIE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Extrinsic allergic alveolitis; Facs analyses; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Lymphocytes; Occupational medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRD BREEDER LUNG; CARPENTER; CD4 CD8 RATIO; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUST EXPOSURE; EOSINOPHILIA; FARMER LUNG; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTOCYTOSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUTROPHILIA;

EID: 84855846736     PISSN: 18715281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187152812798889330     Document Type: Article

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