Clinical significance of radiological pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis pattern in interstitial lung disease patients registered for lung transplantation: a retrospective cohort study

Abstract Background Radiological pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (PPFE) lesion is characterized by pleural thickening with associated signs of subpleural fibrosis on high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT). This study evaluated the clinical significance of radiological PPFE as an isolated findin...

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Principais autores:	Kiminobu Tanizawa, Tomohiro Handa, Takeshi Kubo, Toyofumi F. Chen-Yoshikawa, Akihiro Aoyama, Hideki Motoyama, Kyoko Hijiya, Akihiko Yoshizawa, Yohei Oshima, Kohei Ikezoe, Shinsaku Tokuda, Yoshinari Nakatsuka, Yuko Murase, Sonoko Nagai, Shigeo Muro, Toru Oga, Kazuo Chin, Toyohiro Hirai, Hiroshi Date
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	BMC 2018-08-01
coleção:	Respiratory Research
Assuntos:	Pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis Lung transplantation Interstitial lung disease Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Survival
Acesso em linha:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12931-018-0860-6
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