Preliminary study of the anabolic/catabolic balance in patients with interstitial pulmonary fibrosis
Rationale: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a specific form of chronic, progressively fibrosing idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIP), as the disease progress, patients become severely limited in their activity. Hypoxemia is a common finding in IPF and may influence skeletal muscles homeost...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2017-07-01
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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/S0422763816301480 |