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Gastroesophageal reflux and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: A long term relationship

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a dreaded disease of uncertain etiology and no available cure. It is still unclear if a causal relationship exists between gastro-esophageal reflux (GER) and IPF, but studies have shown an increased prevalence of acid reflux in patients with IPF. We describe a...

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Autores principales: Gnanapandithan, Karthik, Popkin, Joel H., Devadoss, Ramprakash, Martin, Kevin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4821337/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27222783
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2016.01.002