Clinical review: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis acute exacerbations - unravelling Ariadne's thread

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a dreadful, chronic, and irreversibly progressive fibrosing disease leading to death in all patients affected, and IPF acute exacerbations constitute the most devastating complication during its clinical course. IPF exacerbations are subacute/acute, clinically...

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Main Authors: Papiris, Spyros A, Manali, Effrosyni D, Kolilekas, Likurgos, Kagouridis, Konstantinos, Triantafillidou, Christina, Tsangaris, Iraklis, Roussos, Charis
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2010
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3220036/