Lung function tests in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: Are they helpful for predicting outcome?

Chest

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-57

  Erbes, Reinhard ^a   Schaberg, Tom ^a   Loddenkemper, Robert ^a,b  

^a Chest Hospital Heckeshorn   (Germany)

^b Lungenklinik Heckeshorn   (Germany)

Author keywords

idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; lung function; survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SURVIVAL RATE; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

EID: 0031020880     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.1.51     Document Type: Article

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