Viruses and acute exacerbations of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: Rest in peace?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 183, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1583-1584

  Kolb, Martin R J ^a   Richeldi, Luca ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONAVIRUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EDITORIAL; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN RHINOVIRUS; LUNG LAVAGE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION;

HUMANS; LUNG; PULMONARY FIBROSIS;

EID: 80051567636     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201102-0326ED     Document Type: Editorial

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