... alveolitis or cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis and from normal subjects. 2. Histamine concentrations in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid supernatants were elevated in the bronchial carcinoma and cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis groups, and were correlated with the histamine content of the cells recovered. 3...

.... The distribution of β: α ratios in a group of patients with cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis was found to be significantly different ( P < 0.005) from the normal distribution. 5. Changes in the β: α ratio were noted in five of six patients with cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis after treatment...