New Prognostic Indicator For Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Monday, March 2, 2009 - 18:35 in Health & Medicine

There may be a new way to predict mortality in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, 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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