TY - JOUR
T1 - Southwestern internal medicine conference
T2 - Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: Cellular and molecular pathogenesis
AU - Weissler, J. C.
N1 - Funding Information:
From The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Pulmonary Disease Department, Dallas, Texas. Supported by Grant HL01797 from the National Institutes of Health. Reprint requests: Jonathan C. Weissler, MD, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Pulmonary Disease Department, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75235·9034.
PY - 1989
Y1 - 1989
N2 - Diffuse involvement of the pulmonary interstitium with abnormal fibrous tissue is a process that occurs in many settings. There are many possible etiologies for pulmonary fibrosis, but in the majority of individuals, a clear cause cannot be determined and a diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) results. Despite limited knowledge concerning the etiology, recent advances in biomedical technology offer great promise for increasing our understanding of IPF. This review will focus on current concepts of the pathogenesis and therapy of IPF.
AB - Diffuse involvement of the pulmonary interstitium with abnormal fibrous tissue is a process that occurs in many settings. There are many possible etiologies for pulmonary fibrosis, but in the majority of individuals, a clear cause cannot be determined and a diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) results. Despite limited knowledge concerning the etiology, recent advances in biomedical technology offer great promise for increasing our understanding of IPF. This review will focus on current concepts of the pathogenesis and therapy of IPF.
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U2 - 10.1097/00000441-198902000-00005
DO - 10.1097/00000441-198902000-00005
M3 - Article
C2 - 2919636
AN - SCOPUS:0024615873
SN - 0002-9629
VL - 297
SP - 91
EP - 104
JO - American Journal of the Medical Sciences
JF - American Journal of the Medical Sciences
IS - 2
ER -