Changing the idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis treatment approach and improving patient outcomes
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressively fibrotic disease, with no effective treatment and a median survival time of 2–5 yrs. The search for effective treatment has involved numerous clinical trials of investigational agents without significant success until 2011, when European approva...
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Language: | English |
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European Respiratory Society
2012-06-01
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Series: | European Respiratory Review |
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Online Access: | http://err.ersjournals.com/content/21/124/161.full.pdf+html |