Bronchoalveolar Lavage Lymphocytosis and Early Glucocorticoid Response: A Prospective Study of 150 Subjects With Interstitial Lung Disease
Higher BLPs and shorter symptom duration were associated with EGR, while BLP < 20% and smoke exposure predicted progressive disease despite glucocorticoid treatment.
Authors
- Ashutosh N. Aggarwal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8556-3600)
- Mandeep Kumar Garg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4714-6299)
- Valliappan Muthu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0410-8468)
- Amanjit Bal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1457-8589)
- Nalini Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3385-1955)
- Sahajal Dhooria (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3199-9163)
- Inderpaul Singh Sehgal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6505-6019)
- Kuruswamy Thurai Prasad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7690-6595)
- Ritesh Agarwal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2547-7668)
- Harshith Rao
Institutions
- M S Ramaiah Memorial Hospital (IN)
- Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Respirology
- Published
- 2025-08-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/resp.70105
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.52