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Differential BAL cell counts in different patient groups |
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| Group |
AM (%) |
Lymphocytes (%) |
Neutrophils (%) |
Eosinophils (%) |
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| Pulmonary fibrosis |
37.8 ± 14.7 |
12.4 ± 7.5 |
12.5 ± 13.9 |
1.6 ± 1.9 |
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| Sarcoidosis |
70.0 ± 12.5 |
26.6 ± 13.9 |
2.2 ± 2.6 |
1.3 ± 1.2 |
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| EAA |
7.0 ± 2.8 |
86.5 ± 0.7 |
3.0 ± 1.4 |
0.5 ± 0.7 |
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AM: Alveolar macrophages. Mean ± SD | ||||
Hauber and Zabel Diagnostic Pathology 2009 4:13 doi:10.1186/1746-1596-4-13 |
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