Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
"Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Washing liquid obtained from irrigation of the lung, including the BRONCHI and the PULMONARY ALVEOLI. It is generally used to assess biochemical, inflammatory, or infection status of the lung.
| Descriptor ID |
D001992
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.927.100.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid- Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
- Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluids
- Lavage Fluid, Bronchoalveolar
- Lavage Fluids, Bronchoalveolar
- Bronchial Alveolar Lavage Fluid
- Pulmonary Lavage Fluid
- Lavage Fluid, Pulmonary
- Lavage Fluids, Pulmonary
- Pulmonary Lavage Fluids
- Lavage Fluid, Bronchial
- Lavage Fluid, Lung
- Lung Lavage Fluid
- Lavage Fluids, Lung
- Lung Lavage Fluids
- Alveolar Lavage Fluid
- Alveolar Lavage Fluids
- Lavage Fluid, Alveolar
- Lavage Fluids, Alveolar
- Bronchial Lavage Fluid
- Bronchial Lavage Fluids
- Lavage Fluids, Bronchial
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid" by people in Profiles.
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Pseudo-outbreak of Mycobacterium gordonae Following the Opening of a newly constructed hospital at a Chicago Medical Center. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Feb; 36(2):198-203.
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Bronchioloalveolar lavage in the diagnosis of CMV pneumonitis in lung transplant recipients: an immunocytochemical study. Diagn Cytopathol. 1997 Apr; 16(4):350-2.
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Peptide amidating activity in human bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. Lung Cancer. 1996 Jun; 14(2-3):239-51.
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Comparison of vitamin E levels in plasma, bronchoalveolar lavage, and lung tissues of adult pulmonary patients. J Am Coll Nutr. 1989 Jun; 8(3):203-14.