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Decrements of body mass index are associated with poor outcomes of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients

BACKGROUND: The processes that result in progression of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) remain enigmatic. Moreover, the course of this disease can be highly variable and difficult to accurately predict. We hypothesized analyses of body mass index (BMI), a simple, routine clinical measure, may al...

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Autores principales: Kulkarni, Tejaswini, Yuan, Kaiyu, Tran-Nguyen, Thi K., Kim, Young-il, de Andrade, Joao A., Luckhardt, Tracy, Valentine, Vincent G., Kass, Daniel J., Duncan, Steven R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6777779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31584949
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221905