Non-steroid agents for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the most common idiopathic interstitial pneumonia and a disease of the elderly. Cigarette smoking and longterm exposure to substances harming alveolar epithelial cells are risk factors for the development of IPF. There is also evidence for a genetic susceptibility. IPF is defined as the idiopathic variant of Usual Interstitial Pneumonitis (UIP). Diagnosis ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1465-1858
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd003134.pub2