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An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline: The Clinical Utility of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Cellular Analysis in Interstitial Lung Disease

Keith C. Meyer, Ganesh Raghu, Robert P. Baughman, Kevin M. Brown, Ulrich Costabel, Roland M. du Bois, Marjolein Drent, Patricia Haslam, Dong Soon Kim, Sonoko Nagai,

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 2012 · 1.1K citations · 47 references

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Abstract

When used in conjunction with comprehensive clinical information and adequate thoracic imaging such as high-resolution computed tomography of the thorax, BAL cell patterns and other characteristics frequently provide useful information for the diagnostic evaluation of patients with suspected ILD.

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