All-cause mortality of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a nationwide population-based cohort study in Korea

Abstract Most epidemiologic studies of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) have been conducted in North America and Europe. Moreover, there are limited data concerning the cause of death and cause-specific mortality rate of IPF patients in population-based studies. We analyzed informat...

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Main Authors: Sung Ko, Sun Mi Choi, Kyung-Do Han, Chang-Hoon Lee, Jinwoo Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94655-x