Longitudinal lung function in idiopathic NSIP: What are we missing?

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1004-

  Chen, H ^a,b   Gomez, A ^a   Shum, A ^a   Collard, H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE COURSE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC NONSPECIFIC INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LETTER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; IDIOPATHIC INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIAS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 70349649048     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00083909     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

1. Park IN, Jegal Y, Kim DS, et al. Clinical course and lung function change of idiopathic nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. Eur Respir J 2009; 33: 68-76.
2. Little RJA, Rubin DB. Statistical Analysis with Missing Data. 2nd Edn. New York, John Wiley & Sons, 2002.
3. Glymour MM, Greenland S. Study design and conduct: Causal diagrams. In: Rothman KJ, Greenland S, Lash TL. Modern Epidemiology. 3rd Edn. Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008; p. 198.
4. Elton EJ, Gruber MJ, Blake CR. Survivor bias and mutual fund performance. Rev Fin 1996; 9: 1097-1120. (Pubitemid 126318309)