Interferon-γ-1b: Therapeutic option in advanced idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?

Respiration

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 656-657

  Kroegel, Claus ^a   Mock, Bettina ^a   Hengst, Ulf ^a   Reissig, Angelika ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GAMMA1B INTERFERON; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA, RECOMBINANT; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE;

EID: 11844260095     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081772     Document Type: Letter

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