Diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis "Pragmatic Challenges in Clinical Practice".

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Published in Front Med (Lausanne) on September 20, 2017

Authors

Vasilios Tzilas1, Argyris Tzouvelekis1,2, Serafim Chrysikos3, Spyridon Papiris4, Demosthenes Bouros1

Author Affiliations

1: First Academic Department of Pneumonology, Hospital for Thoracic Diseases, "Sotiria", Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
2: Division of Immunology, Biomedical Sciences Research Center "Alexander Fleming", Athens, Greece.
3: 5th Department of Pneumonology, Hospital for Thoracic Diseases, "Sotiria", Athens, Greece.
4: 2nd Pulmonary Medicine Department, Attikon University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.

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