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Bronchoalveolar Lavage (BAL) for Research; Obtaining Adequate Sample Yield
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[Cellular analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL) in patients with acute and chronic bronchitis (preliminary
A Chciałowski1, T Płusa, K Jahnz-Rózyk
1II Kliniki Chorób Wewnetrznych Centralnego Szpitala Klinicznego WAM w Warszawie.
Pneumonologia I Alergologia Polska
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
Cell morphology of BAL- fluid and index bronchitis (by Thompson) were evaluated in 52 patients with acute and chronic bronchitis. A significant increase of index bronchitis and percentage of neutrophils in BAL were observed in acute and chronic bronchitis. There was no correlation between index bronchitis and cell in BAL- fluid.

