Nintedanib and pirfenidone: New antifibrotic treatments indicated for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis offer hopes and raises questions

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 252-254

  Raghu, Ganesh ^a   Selman, Moisés ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; NINTEDANIB; PIRFENIDONE; PREDNISONE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PYRIDONE DERIVATIVE;

DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG INDICATION; EDITORIAL; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS; INDOLES; PYRIDONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84922287354     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201411-2044ED     Document Type: Editorial

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