Centrilobular emphysema combined with pulmonary fibrosis results in improved survival: a response
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Better survival in combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema than in lone pulmonary fibrosis: bias or reality? A response to Centrilobular emphysema combined with pulmonary fibrosis results in improved survival by Todd et al., Fibrogenesis & Tissue Repair 2011, 4:6.Please see related letter http://fibrogenesis.com/content/4/1/17.
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Centrilobular emphysema combined with pulmonary fibrosis results in improved survival
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