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Underlying and immediate causes of death in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

BACKGROUND: The most common cause of death of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) has been reported to be the lung disease itself and mortality from IPF appears to be increasing. However, the causes of death in patients with IPF taking into account differences between genders and smoki...

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Autores principales: Kärkkäinen, Miia, Nurmi, Hanna, Kettunen, Hannu-Pekka, Selander, Tuomas, Purokivi, Minna, Kaarteenaho, Riitta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5948790/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29751748
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-018-0642-4