Wiesner B, Lenich R, Reichelt D, Dürschmied H, Jäger J, Knöll P, Glombitza J, Kullmann H J
Klinik für Lungenkrankheiten und Tuberkulose, Zentralklinik für Herz- und Lungenkrankheiten Bad Berka/DDR.
Z Erkr Atmungsorgane. 1987;169(3):229-34.
In 860 patients 980 bronchoalveolar lavages were performed. The repeated BAL allows conclusions of the effect of treatment and the prognosis of the disease. BAL is together with other clinical findings an important new method in pulmology. Its value in diagnosis of interstitial pulmonary diseases and other pulmonary diseases is described with special view to occupational expositions.