Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and coronary artery disease

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is defined as a chronic fibrosing interstitial disease of unknown cause, limited to the lungs, and associated with the histopathologic and/or radiologic pattern of usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP); it generally progresses into respiratory failure and death. Alth...

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Main Authors: Cicchitto, Gaetano, Musella, Valentina, Acitorio, Maria, Capuano, Nicola, Fiorenzano, Giuseppe, Owen, Caroline A, Polverino, Mario, Polverino, Francesca
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4074111/