Usual interstitial pneumonia preceding collagen vascular disease: a retrospective case control study of patients initially diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Usual interstitial pneumonia preceding collagen vascular disease: a retrospective case control study of patients initially diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to evaluate the cumulative incidence and the predictive factors for collagen vascular disease (CVD) in patients initially diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), and to examine the features of patients who then developed CVD. METHODS: This was a retr...

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Main Authors: Masato Kono, Yutaro Nakamura, Noriyuki Enomoto, Dai Hashimoto, Tomoyuki Fujisawa, Naoki Inui, Masato Maekawa, Takafumi Suda, Thomas V Colby, Kingo Chida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3988132?pdf=render

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