Improvement in idiopathic nonspecific interstitial pneumonia after smoking cessation

Although cigarette smoking has been recognized as a risk factor for the development of several interstitial lung diseases, the relationship between smoking and nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) has not yet been fully elucidated. We here present a case of fibrotic NSIP with mild emphysema in...

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Main Authors: Shinohara, Tsutomu, Kadota, Naoki, Hino, Hiroyuki, Naruse, Keishi, Ohtsuki, Yuji, Ogushi, Fumitaka
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4356029/