Ethnic differences in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: The Japanese perspective.

Abstract excerpt

Epidemiologic data suggest that there are ethnic differences between Japanese and other populations with regard to the important clinical aspects of interstitial lung disease (ILD), such as the cause of death and prognostic factors in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Acute exacerbation (AE) of IPF may be more common in Japan than in the rest of the world, although this suggestion remains...

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

• Share to Cause of Death
• Share to Gefitinib
• Share to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis