Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis and systematic review

Abstract Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic diffuse interstitial lung disease, of which the etiology has been poorly understood. Several studies have focused on the relationship between IPF and diabetes mellitus (DM) in the past years but have failed to reach a consensus. Th...

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Main Authors: Le Bai, Li Zhang, Tingyu Pan, Wei Wang, Dian Wang, Cassidy Turner, Xianmei Zhou, Hailang He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-06-01
Series:Respiratory Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12931-021-01760-6