Clinical characteristics of patients with familial idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (f-IPF)

Clinical characteristics of patients with familial idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (f-IPF)

Abstract Background The aim of this study was to analyze the relative frequency, clinical characteristics, disease onset and progression in f-IPF vs. sporadic IPF (s-IPF). Methods Familial IPF index patients and their family members were recruited into the European IPF registry/biobank (eurIPFreg) a...

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Main Authors: Ekaterina Krauss, Godja Gehrken, Fotios Drakopanagiotakis, Silke Tello, Ruth C. Dartsch, Olga Maurer, Anita Windhorst, Daniel von der Beck, Matthias Griese, Werner Seeger, Andreas Guenther
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
Familial idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (f-IPF)
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)
European IPF registry (eurIPFreg)
European IPF biobank (eurIPFbank)
Interstitial idiopathic pneumonia (IIP)
Diffuse parenchymal lung diseases (DPLD)
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-019-0895-6

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