Pharmacokinetic evaluation of two pirfenidone formulations in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and fatal disease characterized by an abnormal activation of lung epithelium and fibroblasts, as well as an excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix. Pirfenidone was introduced as a therapeutic option for IPF and chronic hypersensitive pneum...

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Main Authors: Lina Marcela Barranco-Garduño, Ivette Buendía-Roldan, Juan Jose Rodriguez, Rodrigo González-Ramírez, Ariadna N. Cervantes-Nevárez, Juan Carlos Neri-Salvador, Miriam del Carmen Carrasco-Portugal, Gilberto Castañeda-Hernández, Karen Martinez-Espinosa, Moisés Selman, Francisco Javier Flores-Murrieta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-10-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844020321228