State of the art in interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features: a systematic review on retrospective studies and suggestions for further advances

The term interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features (IPAF) has been proposed to define patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) associated with autoimmune signs not classifiable for connective tissue diseases (CTDs). This new definition overcomes previous nomenclatures and provides a unifo...

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Main Authors: Gianluca Sambataro, Domenico Sambataro, Sebastiano Emanuele Torrisi, Ada Vancheri, Mauro Pavone, Roberta Rosso, Matteo Schisano, Claudia Crimi, Francesca Pignataro, Aryeh Fischer, Nicoletta Del Papa, Carlo Vancheri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2018-05-01
Series:European Respiratory Review
Online Access:http://err.ersjournals.com/content/27/148/170139.full