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''' [[Idiopathic]] Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)''', is a chronic progressive interstitial lung disease of unknown etiology. It is one of the two classic interstitial lung diseases, the other being sarcoidosis.<ref name="WMMT">{{cite book |title=The Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics |last=Cooper |first=Daniel H. |coauthors=Andrew J. Krainik, Sam J. Lubner, Hilary E. L. Reno (eds.)|edition=32nd edition |publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |pages=276 |isbn=978-0781781251}}</ref> | |||
More specifically, '''IPF''' is defined as a distinctive type of ''chronic fibrosing interstitial pneumonia'' of unknown cause associated with a histological pattern of [[usual interstitial pneumonia]] (UIP).<ref name="ATS">{{cite journal |url=http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/content/full/161/2/646 |title=Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Diagnosis and Treatment |journal=American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine |volume=161 |number=2 |month=February |year=2000 |pages=646-664}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF), is a chronic progressive interstitial lung disease of unknown etiology. It is one of the two classic interstitial lung diseases, the other being sarcoidosis.[1]
More specifically, IPF is defined as a distinctive type of chronic fibrosing interstitial pneumonia of unknown cause associated with a histological pattern of usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP).[2]
References
- ↑ Cooper, Daniel H. The Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics (32nd edition ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 276. ISBN 978-0781781251. Unknown parameter
|coauthors=ignored (help) - ↑ "Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Diagnosis and Treatment". American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 161 (2): 646–664. 2000. Unknown parameter
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