"Bronchoalveolar Lavage" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Washing out of the lungs with saline or mucolytic agents for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. It is very useful in the diagnosis of diffuse pulmonary infiltrates in immunosuppressed patients.
| Descriptor ID |
D018893
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.927.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Bronchoalveolar Lavage- Bronchoalveolar Lavage
- Bronchoalveolar Lavages
- Lavage, Bronchoalveolar
- Lavages, Bronchoalveolar
- Lung Lavage
- Lavage, Lung
- Lavages, Lung
- Lung Lavages
- Lavage, Bronchopulmonary
- Bronchioalveolar Lavage
- Bronchioalveolar Lavages
- Lavage, Bronchioalveolar
- Lavages, Bronchioalveolar
- Bronchopulmonary Lavage
- Bronchopulmonary Lavages
- Lavages, Bronchopulmonary
Bronchial Lavage- Bronchial Lavage
- Bronchial Lavages
- Lavage, Bronchial
- Lavages, Bronchial
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