Flow cytometry vs. immunohistochemistry in determining CD4+/CD8+ cell ratio in BAL fluid from patients with interstitial lung diseases

A. Szpechcinski, P. Kopinski, D. Giedronowicz, A. Rozy, P. Jagus, M. Kedzior, M. Sobiecka, M. Szolkowska, J. Kus, J. Chorostowska-Wynimko (Warsaw, Bydgoszcz, Poland)

Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Usefulness of bronchoalveolar lavage in diffuse parenchymal lung disease
Session: Usefulness of bronchoalveolar lavage in diffuse parenchymal lung disease
Session type: E-Communication Session
Number: 5232
Disease area: Interstitial lung diseases

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