Iron deposition and increased alveolar septal capillary density in nonfibrotic lung tissue are associated with pulmonary hypertension in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

BACKGROUND: Early diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) has potential prognostic and therapeutic implications but can be difficult due to the lack of specific clinical manifestations or accurate non-invasive tests. Histopathologic parameters correlating with...

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Autores principales: Kim, Kyung-Hee, Maldonado, Fabien, Ryu, Jay H, Eiken, Patrick W, Hartman, Thomas E, Bartholmai, Brian J, Decker, Paul A, Yi, Eunhee S
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2867975/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20398288
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-11-37

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