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. 2013 Feb 15;187(4):417–423. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201206-1025OC

Figure 1.

Figure 1.

Large-airway lymphocytic bronchitis was graded according to the following criteria: E0, no chronic inflammation; E1, minimal to mild chronic inflammation with a band of subepithelial lymphocytes and up to occasional intraepithelial lymphocytes; and E2, moderate to severe chronic inflammation with a prominent subepithelial band of lymphocytes, scattered intraepithelial lymphocytes, and at least rare epithelial cell necrosis.