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Bronchoalveolar lavage in lung transplantation.
The Annals of thoracic surgery - 1 Feb 1991
Shennib H, Nguyen D
Abstract excerpt
One of the dilemmas in the management of lung allotransplant recipients is our inability to precisely determine the cause of graft dysfunction. Differentiating between lung allograft infection, rejection, atelectasis, or ischemic injury remains a difficult task. Tests directed at identifying systemic abnormalities such as peripheral blood analysis so far have been nonspecific and unlikely to accurately and...
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