title: Bronchoalveolar lavage: just a research tool or also a clinical procedure?
authors.affiliation: Department of Pneumology, Ospedale San Martino, Genova, Italy.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sacco
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lantero
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cerri
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Rossi
mesh_terms: D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000032:analysis / Q000166:cytology; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology