@article{JTD1320,
author = {Martin Kolb and Yaron Shargall},
title = {Lung surgery in interstitial lung disease—a safe and useful procedure?},
journal = {Journal of Thoracic Disease},
volume = {5},
number = {4},
year = {2013},
keywords = {},
abstract = {The group of interstitial lung diseases (ILD) includes a wide spectrum of disorders with variable clinical presentation, treatment response and prognosis. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is by far the most dismal disease in this group, with a median survival time of just 3-4 years (1). The diagnostic criteria for IPF are based on exclusion of any other cause for ILD by thorough clinical history, and a typical radiographic image revealing a so-called usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) pattern in a high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) (2).},
issn = {2077-6624}, url = {https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/1320}
}