Understanding Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia: A Gene-Based Review of Stressed Lungs
Pulmonary fibrosis is the main cause of severe morbidity and mortality in idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIP). In the past years, there has been major progress in the discovery of genetic factors that contribute to disease. Genes with highly penetrant mutations or strongly predisposing common r...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2015-01-01
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| Series: | BioMed Research International |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/304186 |