Prognostic factors and outcomes in Japanese lung transplant candidates with interstitial lung disease.

Prognostic factors and outcomes in Japanese lung transplant candidates with interstitial lung disease.

OBJECTIVE:Young patients with advanced interstitial lung disease (ILD) are potential candidates for cadaveric lung transplantation. This study aimed to examine clinical features, outcomes, and prognostic factors in Japanese ILD patients awaiting lung transplantation. METHODS:We investigated the clin...

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Main Authors: Kohei Ikezoe, Tomohiro Handa, Kiminobu Tanizawa, Toyofumi F Chen-Yoshikawa, Takeshi Kubo, Akihiro Aoyama, Hideki Motoyama, Kyoko Hijiya, Shinsaku Tokuda, Yoshinari Nakatsuka, Yuko Yamamoto, Ayako Oshima, Shin-Ichi Harashima, Sonoko Nagai, Toyohiro Hirai, Hiroshi Date, Kazuo Chin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5553985?pdf=render

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