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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Main Author: V. Cottin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2012-06-01
Series:European Respiratory Review
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Online Access:http://err.ersjournals.com/content/21/124/161.full.pdf+html