Bronchoalveolar lavage for the evaluation of interstitial lung disease: is it clinically useful?

Meyer K.C., Raghu G.

Source: Eur Respir J 2011; 38: 761-769
Journal Issue: October
Disease area: Interstitial lung diseases, Thoracic oncology

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