Changes in pulmonary function test results after 1 year of therapy as predictors of survival in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Chest

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 305-310

  Hanson, D ^a   Winterbauer, R H ^a   Kirtland, S H ^a   Wu, R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

change in pulmonary function; prediction of survival; pulmonary fibrosis; therapy

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029091234     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.108.2.305     Document Type: Article

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