Value of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Background: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic lung condition of uncertain etiology that causes progressive shortness of breath, cough, reduced exercise tolerance and quality of life. This may, at least in part, be due to daily physical inactivity. Therefore symptomatic patients with l...
Main Authors: | Nizar Rifaat, Essam Anwar, Yosra M. Ali, Abdu Ellabban, Ali A. Hasan |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2014-10-01
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Series: | Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763814001186 |
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