Pharmacological treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and fibrosing interstitial lung diseases: current trends and future directions
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) was considered untreatable until the development of therapeutic drugs and diagnostic technology that made it possible to slow the progression of IPF. In 2014, pirfenidone and nintedanib were approved simultaneously as therapeutic drugs for patients with IPF. These...
Main Author: | Won-Il Choi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sungkyunkwan University School of Medi
2021-03-01
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Series: | Precision and Future Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.pfmjournal.org/upload/pdf/pfm-2020-00205.pdf |
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