A new hope for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 2142-2143

  Hunninghake, Gary M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NINTEDANIB; PIRFENIDONE; PLACEBO;

CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; EDITORIAL; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS; INDOLES; MALE; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; PYRIDONES;

EID: 84901789150     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1403448     Document Type: Editorial

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