Increased incidence of autoimmune markers in patients with combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema

BACKGROUND: Combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE) is an umbrella term encompassing upper lobe emphysema and lower lobe pulmonary fibrosis with pathogenesis elusive. The aim of our study was to investigate the incidence of autoimmune markers in patients with CPFE. METHODS: In this multicen...

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Main Authors: Tzouvelekis, Argyris, Zacharis, George, Oikonomou, Anastasia, Mikroulis, Dimitrios, Margaritopoulos, George, Koutsopoulos, Anastasios, Antoniadis, Antonis, Koulelidis, Andreas, Steiropoulos, Paschalis, Boglou, Panagiotis, Bakali, Matina, Froudarakis, Marios, Bouros, Demosthenes
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3667148/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23697753
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-13-31
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