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Editorial
. 2019 Feb;11(2):339-340.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.12.33.

Treatment of severe idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis-is sildenafil the next (in)stage?

Conal Hayton  1 , Christopher Craig  1 , Nazia Chaudhuri  1
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Editorial

Treatment of severe idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis-is sildenafil the next (in)stage?

Conal Hayton et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 Feb.
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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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