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[Usefulness of BAL in understanding of pulmonary diseases]
12nd Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya City University.
Rinsho Byori. the Japanese Journal of Clinical Pathology
|February 1, 1993
Abstract:
Since the introduction of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) by Reynolds, et al. in 1974, direct examination of cells from interest sites in the lung has generated great progress in our understanding of pulmonary diseases. In the present study, BAL and the clinical usefulness of BAL in diagnosing and treating pulmonary diseases were described. In addition, recent research using BAL to elucidate the fundamental mechanism of pulmonary granulomatous disorders was also described.