Acute Exacerbation in Interstitial Lung Disease

Acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (AE-IPF) has been defined as an acute, clinically significant deterioration that develops within less than 1 month without obvious clinical cause like fluid overload, left heart failure, or pulmonary embolism. Pathophysiologically, damage of the al...

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Main Authors: Gabriela Leuschner, Jürgen Behr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmed.2017.00176/full