Interpretation of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid cytology Contents Editor Marjolein Drent, MD, PhD Maastricht, The Netherlands Preface e-mail : m.drent@lung.azm.nl Foreword Contributors Introduction Prof. Robert Baughman, MD, PhD Cincinnati, Ohio, USA e-mail : bob.baughman@uc.edu baughman@ucmail.uc.edu History Prof. Ulrich Costabel, MD, PhD Essen, Germany e-mail: ulrich.costabel@ruhrlandklinik.de Bronchoalveolar lavage Jan A. Jacobs, MD, PhD Text with illustrations Maastricht, The Netherlands e-mail: jja@lmib.azm.nl Interactive predicting model Rob J.S. Lamers, MD, PhD Predicting program Heerlen, The Netherlands Software to evaluate BALF analysis e-mail: r.lamers@atriummc.nl Computer program using BALF Variables: a new release Paul G.H. Mulder, MSc, PhD Rotterdam, The Netherlands e-mail: mulder@epib.fgg.eur.nl Prof. Herbert Y. Reynolds, MD, PhD Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA Glossary of abbreviations e-mail: hreynolds@psu.edu Acknowledgements Prof. Sjoerd Sc. Wagenaar, MD, PhD Amsterdam, The Netherlands e-mail: sjscw@planet.nl