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Broncholaveolar findings in patients with hypersensitivity pneumonitis and controls |
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| Study population |
Cell Recovery |
Lymphocytes |
CD4 T cells |
CD8 T cells |
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| cells × 103/ml |
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% |
cells × 103/ml |
% |
cells × 103/ml |
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| HP (n. 12) |
351.9* ± 62.3 |
44.4** ± 8.1 |
25.6** ± 5.3 |
38.6*** ± 9.3 |
53.7** ± 6.3 |
83.4*** ± 8.5 |
| Controls (n. 5) |
138.6 ± 12.7 |
8.2 ± 2.2 |
48.3 ± 3.2 |
5.4 ± 0.9 |
23.7 ± 2.2 |
2.5 ± 0.3 |
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Significance as follows: *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001 | ||||||
Agostini et al. Respiratory Research 2005 6:20 doi:10.1186/1465-9921-6-20 |
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