Cellular analysis in bronchoalveolar lavage: inherent limitations of current standard procedure

Eur Respir J. 2017 Jun 1;49(6):1601844. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01844-2016. Print 2017 Jun.

Authors

Benjamin-Alexander Bollmann¹, Benjamin Seeliger¹, Nora Drick¹, Tobias Welte^{1

2}, Jens T Gottlieb^{1

2}, Mark Greer^{3

2}

Affiliations

¹ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
² Biomedical Research in End-Stage and Obstructive Lung Disease (BREATH), German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Hannover, Germany.
³ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany greer.mark@mh-hannover.de.

PMID: 28572123
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01844-2016

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Observational Study

MeSH terms

Algorithms
Bronchoalveolar Lavage / methods*
Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / cytology*
Bronchoscopy
Cell Separation / methods*
Humans
Lung / physiopathology
Lung Diseases / diagnosis*
Lung Diseases / metabolism*
Lung Transplantation
Prospective Studies
Random Allocation
Specimen Handling