Differences in clinical features of acute exacerbation between connective tissue disease-associated interstitial pneumonia and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

In conclusion, AE-CTD-IP occurred even in the early stage of IP and had more inflammatory status than in AE-IPF.
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Source: Chronic Respiratory Disease - October 31, 2018 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Enomoto N, Oyama Y, Enomoto Y, Yasui H, Karayama M, Kono M, Hozumi H, Suzuki Y, Furuhashi K, Fujisawa T, Inui N, Nakamura Y, Suda T Tags: Chron Respir Dis Source Type: research