Diagnostic value of BAL lymphocytosis in patients with indeterminate for UIP imaging pattern
- Vasilios Tzilas1,*,
- Argyrios Tzouvelekis1,*,
- Evangelos Bouros1,
- Thodoris Karampitsakos2,
- Maria Ntasiou1,
- Mattheos Katsaras3,
- Ulrich Costabel4,
- Athol Wells5 and
- Demosthenes Bouros1⇑
- 1First Academic Department of Pneumonology, Interstitial Lung Diseases Unit, Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, “Sotiria”, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
- 2Fifth Department of Pneumonology, Hospital for Chest Diseases “Sotiria”, Athens, Greece
- 3Sixth Department of Pneumonology, Hospital for Chest Diseases “Sotiria”, Athens, Greece
- 4Interstitial and Rare Lung Disease Unit, Ruhrlandklinik, University Hospital, Essen, Germany
- 5Interstitial Lung Disease Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
- Prof. Demosthenes Bouros, Hospital for Chest Diseases “Sotiria”, Messogion 152, Athens 11527, Greece. E-mail: debouros{at}med.uoa.gr, debouros{at}gmail.com
* These authors contributed equally to work
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Conflict of interest: Dr. Tzilas has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: Dr. TZOUVELEKIS has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Bouros has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: Dr. KARAMPITSAKOS has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: Dr. KATSARAS has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Costabel has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Wells reports personal fees from Bayer AG, personal fees from Roche, personal fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, during the conduct of the study.
Conflict of interest: Dr. BOUROS reports grants, personal fees and non-financial support from BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM, grants, personal fees and non-financial support from ROCHE, grants from ELPEN, outside the submitted work.
Conflict of interest: Dr. NTASSIOU has nothing to disclose.
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