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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF), is a chronic progressive interstitial lung disease of unknown etiology. It is one of the two classic interstitial lung diseases, the other being sarcoidosis.[1]

More specifically, IPF is defined as a distinctive type of chronic fibrosing interstitial pneumonia of unknown cause associated with a histological pattern of usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP).[2]

References

  1. Cooper, Daniel H. The Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics (32nd edition ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 276. ISBN 978-0781781251. Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (help)
  2. "Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Diagnosis and Treatment". American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 161 (2): 646–664. 2000. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

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