Survival in patients with cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis: A population-based cohort study

Chest

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 396-400

  Hubbard, Richard ^a   Johnston, Ian ^b   Britton, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis; Epidemiology; Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; Survival

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESPAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SURVIVAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031934999     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.113.2.396     Document Type: Article

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