What is this thing called CFA?

Editorial

A U Wells et al. Thorax. 2007 Jan.

. 2007 Jan;62(1):3-4.

doi: 10.1136/thx.2005.051011.

Abstract

The term “cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis”should now be used as strictly synonymous with “idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis”

Competing interests: None declared.

British Thoracic Society Study on cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis: Response to treatment and survival.
Rudd RM, Prescott RJ, Chalmers JC, Johnston ID; Fibrosing Alveolitis Subcommittee of the Research Committee of the British Thoracic Society. Rudd RM, et al. Thorax. 2007 Jan;62(1):62-6. doi: 10.1136/thx.2005.045591. Epub 2006 Jun 12. Thorax. 2007. PMID: 16769717 Free PMC article.

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