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Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid

"Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Washing liquid obtained from irrigation of the lung, including the BRONCHI and the PULMONARY ALVEOLI. It is generally used to assess biochemical, inflammatory, or infection status of the lung.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid" by people in this website by year, and whether "Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 39 publications over 20 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2006 and 2008 and 2009 and 2010 and 2011 and 2014 and 2015 and 2021
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