Longitudinal evaluation of airway inflammation in stable CF patients by bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and influence of rhDNAse

K. P. Paul, C. Chen, T. Schink, M. Ballmann, G. Doring, M. Griese, F. Ratjen (Berlin, Hanover, Tuebingen, Munich, , Cologne, Germany)

Source: Annual Congress 2002 - Respiratory problems and new ways of evaluating the patient with cystic fibrosis
Session: Respiratory problems and new ways of evaluating the patient with cystic fibrosis
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 3284
Disease area: Paediatric lung diseases

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