Comment on: Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid lymphocytosis in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- 17 February 2021
- journal article
- letter
- Published by European Respiratory Society (ERS) in European Respiratory Journal
- Vol. 57 (2), 2004347
- https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.04347-2020
Abstract
Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid lymphocytosis may be useful in the diagnosis of chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis. However, reanalysis after eliminating studies that used bronchoalveolar lavage lymphocytosis as part of the diagnostic criteria is needed. https://bit.ly/34AmHmmThis publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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