Significance of connective tissue diseases features in pulmonary fibrosis

Interstitial lung disease (ILD) can occur in any of the connective tissue diseases (CTD) with varying frequency and severity, and an overall long-term prognosis that is less severe than that of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Because ILD may be the presenting manifestation of CTD and/or the dom...

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Main Author: Vincent Cottin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2013-09-01
Series:European Respiratory Review
Online Access:http://err.ersjournals.com/content/22/129/273.full.pdf+html