In brief: New prognostic indicator for patients with IPF
Friday, February 20, 2009 - 09:22
in Health & Medicine
There may be a new way to predict mortality in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a devastating disease that slowly petrifies the lungs. Most patients live only three years after diagnosis on average; however, some remain stable for many years, while for others, the disease progresses more rapidly...
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