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Bronchoalveolar lavage cell analysis and lung function impairment in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Oct 1993
Groen H, Aslander M, Bootsma H, van der Mark T W, Kallenberg C G, Postma D S
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We examined the relationship between peripheral blood and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) lymphocyte phenotypes and lung function in 19 patients with SLE, and evaluated their association with disease activity. Lung function assessment showed a mildly restrictive pattern with frequent impairment of transfer factor for carbon monoxide (T1,co) and diffusing capacity of the alveolocapillary membrane (Dm), of...
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