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Pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Annual review of pathology - 1 Jan 2014
Wolters Paul J, Collard Harold R, Jones Kirk D
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a fibrosing interstitial lung disease associated with aging that is characterized by the histopathological pattern of usual interstitial pneumonia. Although an understanding of the pathogenesis of IPF is incomplete, recent advances delineating specific clinical and pathologic features of IPF have led to better definition of the molecular pathways that are pathologically...
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