Challenges in pulmonary fibrosis: 8--The need for an international registry for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

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Published in Thorax on March 01, 2008

Authors

J W Wilson1, R M du Bois, T E King

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1: Department of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Commercial Road, Melbourne 3004, Australia. john.wilson@med.monash.edu.au

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