Assessment of malnutrition-related risk in patients with idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis

Background Idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (IPPFE) is characterised by upper lobe-dominant fibrosis involving the pleura and subpleural lung parenchyma, with advanced cases often complicated by progressive weight loss. Therefore, we hypothesised that nutritional status is associated with...

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Main Authors: Yuzo Suzuki, Atsuki Fukada, Kazutaka Mori, Masato Kono, Hirotsugu Hasegawa, Dai Hashimoto, Koshi Yokomura, Shiro Imokawa, Yusuke Inoue, Hideki Yasui, Hironao Hozumi, Masato Karayama, Kazuki Furuhashi, Noriyuki Enomoto, Tomoyuki Fujisawa, Naoki Inui, Hidenori Nakamura, Takafumi Suda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2023-05-01
Series:ERJ Open Research
Online Access:http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/9/3/00749-2022.full