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SUBMITTER: Miller ER
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6441702 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Miller Ezra R ER Putman Rachel K RK Diaz Alejandro A AA Xu Hanfei H San José Estépar Raúl R Araki Tetsuro T Nishino Mizuki M Poli de Frías Sergio S Hida Tomoyuki T Ross James J Coxson Harvey H Dupuis Josée J O'Connor George T GT Silverman Edwin K EK Rosas Ivan O IO Hatabu Hiroto H Washko George G Hunninghake Gary M GM
Annals of the American Thoracic Society 20190401 4
<h4>Rationale</h4>There is increasing evidence that aberrant processes occurring in the airways may precede the development of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF); however, there has been no prior confirmatory data derived from imaging studies.<h4>Objectives</h4>To assess quantitative measures of airway wall thickness (AWT) in populations characterized for interstitial lung abnormalities (ILA) and for IPF.<h4>Methods</h4>Computed tomographic imaging of the chest and measures of AWT were availabl ...[more]