A review of current and novel therapies for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Journal of Thoracic Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 48-73

  Rafii, Rokhsara ^a   Juarez, Maya M ^a   Albertson, Timothy E ^a   Chan, Andrew L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis drug therapy; Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis pathology; Molecular targeted therapy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AMBRISENTAN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; BOSENTAN; CARLUMAB; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETANERCEPT; EVEROLIMUS; FG 3019; FRESOLIMUMAB; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEPARIN; IMATINIB; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MACITENTAN; OCTREOTIDE; PASIREOTIDE; PIRFENIDONE; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; SILDENAFIL; TANZISERTIB; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNINDEXED DRUG; WARFARIN;

AGE; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOGENESIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIARRHEA; DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENZYME INHIBITION; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENDER; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; INCIDENCE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; MYOPATHY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; RACE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RASH; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 84876706037     PISSN: 20721439     EISSN: 20776624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2012.12.07     Document Type: Review

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