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Combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema: an increasingly recognized condition

Combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE) has been increasingly recognized in the literature. Patients with CPFE are usually heavy smokers or former smokers with concomitant lower lobe fibrosis and upper lobe emphysema on chest HRCT scans. They commonly present with severe breathlessness and...

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Autores principales: Dias, Olívia Meira, Baldi, Bruno Guedes, Costa, André Nathan, Carvalho, Carlos Roberto Ribeiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4109203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25029654
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1806-37132014000300014