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SUBMITTER: Barratt SL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6111543 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Barratt Shaney L SL Creamer Andrew A Hayton Conal C Chaudhuri Nazia N
Journal of clinical medicine 20180806 8
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is an interstitial lung disease characterised by chronic, progressive scarring of the lungs and the pathological hallmark of usual interstitial pneumonia. Current paradigms suggest alveolar epithelial cell damage is a key initiating factor. Globally, incidence of the disease is rising, with associated high morbidity, mortality, and economic healthcare burden. Diagnosis relies on a multidisciplinary team approach with exclusion of other causes of interstitial l ...[more]