Chest
Volume 142, Issue 4, Supplement, October 2012, Page 958A
Signs and Symptoms of Chest Diseases | October 2012Relationship Between Survival and Age in Patients With IPF in Korean Population
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Abstract
SESSION TYPE: New Insights into Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
PRESENTED ON: Sunday, October 21, 2012 at 01:15 PM - 02:45 PM
PURPOSE: There is a controversy that the older patients with IPF have worse prognosis. We evaluated whether age can affect survival and there are differences of parameters affecting prognosis between each age group in patients with IPF.
METHODS: This retrospective observational study consisted of 1,685 patients with IPF by clinical(1,027 patients) or surgical(658 patients)
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