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Host genetics and the respiratory microbiome in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
2015-01-01
Abstract excerpt
Background: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive fibrotic lung disease of unknown cause that leads to respiratory failure and death within five years of diagnosis. It is thought to arise in genetically susceptible individuals as a consequence of an aberrant wound-healing response following repetitive alveolar injury. The exact triggers, which initiate the fibrotic process, remain unknown. Overt res...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 7ca75967-6420-5ac5-8f97-af9961ca2f54
- DOI
- 10.25560/44524
