Genetics in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis pathogenesis, prognosis, and treatment

Frontiers in Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue SEP, 2017, Pages

  Kaur, Amarpreet ^a   Mathai, Susan K ^a   Schwartz, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; Interstitial lung disease; MUC5B; Pulmonary fibrosis; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

EID: 85038447908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296858X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2017.00154     Document Type: Review

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