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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis [PDF]
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2008 Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a non-neoplastic pulmonary disease that is characterized by the formation of scar tissue within the lungs in the absence of any known provocation.
Noble Paul W, Meltzer Eric B
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Epidemiology of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Clinical Epidemiology, 2013 Brett Ley, Harold R Collard Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA Abstract: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic fibrotic lung disease of ...
Ley B, Collard HR
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The Lancet, 2017 Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a prototype of chronic, progressive, and fibrotic lung disease. Healthy tissue is replaced by altered extracellular matrix and alveolar architecture is destroyed, which leads to decreased lung compliance, disrupted gas exchange, and ultimately respiratory failure and death.
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: current diagnosis and treatment [PDF]
Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2023 Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a devastating chronic lung disease without a clear recognizable cause. IPF has been at the forefront of new diagnostic algorithms and treatment developments that led to a shift in patients’ care in the past decade ...
Alexandre Franco Amaral +2 more
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis [PDF]
Thorax, 2011 Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a progressive lung disease that carries a poor prognosis and for which there are no effective therapies. Although the excessive deposition of extracellular matrix, combined with evidence of recurrent injury to the alveolar epithelium, are well-described there is a pressing need to understand these processes better at a ...
Moira K. B. Whyte, Zhe Hui Hoo
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Identifying potential biomarkers of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis through machine learning analysis
Scientific Reports, 2023 Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the most common and serious type of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia, characterized by chronic, progressive, and low survival rates, while unknown disease etiology.
Zenan Wu +7 more
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IL-18 binding protein can be a prognostic biomarker for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
PLoS ONE, 2021 Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic, fibrosing interstitial pneumonia that presents with various clinical courses and progression ranging from rapid to slow.
Yu Nakanishi +11 more
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Pulmonary Circulation, 2021 The implications of the recent change in the definition of pulmonary hypertension on epidemiology and outcomes are not known. We sought to determine the percentage of patients with the two most common lung diseases that would be reclassified regarding ...
Steven D. Nathan +7 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 Patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis are screened for circulating autoantibodies as part of the initial interstitial lung disease workup. Management of seropositive idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is currently considered no different than that of ...
Paraskevi Kirgou +8 more
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Medicina Clínica (English Edition), 2022 Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is defined as a chronic progressive fibrosing interstitial pneumonia of unknown etiology. There are intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors that could favor the development of the disease in individuals with a genetic predisposition.
Francisco, León-Román +2 more
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