Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis - New insights

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 356, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1370-1372

  Verma, Subodh ^a   Slutsky, Arthur S ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVEOLIN 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG INHIBITION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TELOMERE;

EID: 34047134989     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcibr070490     Document Type: Article

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