title: [Can electronic measurement of total cell number in bronchoalveolar lavage replace conventional chamber counting?].
abstract: On average, the electronic technique for counting cells employing a Coulter counter produces higher, though comparable, numbers of cells than does manual counting in a Neubauer counting chamber. On the basis of cell size distribution, electronic counting permits a rough preliminary differentiation to be made. Owing to the much larger number of cells counted, an appreciably improved statistical analysis proves possible.
authors.affiliation: Zentralkrankenhaus, Gauting.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Breyer
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Reinert
mesh_terms: D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000166:cytology*; D002452:Cell Count / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count / Q000295:instrumentation; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
vernacular_title: Kann die elektronische Messung der Gesamtzellzahl in der bronchoalveolären Lavage die herkömmliche Kammerzählung ersetzen?