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In search of a cause of cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis (CFA): one initiating factor or many?
Thorax - 1 Aug 1998
Turner-Warwick M
Abstract excerpt
The history of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) shows that the disease may be preceded by a viral-like illness. Although viruses have not been demonstrated, it is possible that viruses were not detected in culture because they do not replicate during latency. We investigated the presence of adenovirus in IPF and interstitial pneumonia associated with collagen vascular disease (CVD-IP), using the...
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