Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (Lung Biology in Health and Disease)
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: December 18, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 800
ISBN-13: 9780824740733
Subjects: Respiratory medicine; etiology; Pulmonary Fibrosis; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Medical / Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Treatment; diagnosis
First sentence: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is only one of a large number of diffuse parenchymal lung diseases characterized by parenchymal inflammation and fibrosis without any known cause (1).