[Some parameters of bronchoalveolar lavages in alveolitis].
Eighty nine patients with alveolitis [60 with extrinsic allergic alveolitis (EAA) and 29 with idiopathic fibrosing alveolitis (IFA)] were followed up. Cytological and immunological studies of bronchoalveolar lavage revealed that the patients with EAA had elevated counts of lymphocytes, moderately increased neutrophils and eosinophils, decreased alveolar macrophages, elevated SIgA and T lymphocytes. In the patients with IFA, only higher counts of neutrophils were significant.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000473:pathology*
D007070:Immunoglobulin A