Assessment of current practice in the diagnosis and therapy of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1342-1348

  Peikert, T ^a   Daniels, C E ^a   Beebe, T J ^a   Meyer, K C ^b   Ryu, J H ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health surveys; Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; Physician's practice patterns; Pulmonary fibrosis; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MONOTHERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AZATHIOPRINE; BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDNISONE; PULMONARY MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48149101419     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2008.03.018     Document Type: Article

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