Small Airways in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Quiet but Not Forgotten

Toby M Maher^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California.
² Interstitial Lung Disease Unit Royal Brompton Hospital London, United Kingdom.
³ National Heart and Lung Institute Imperial College London London, United Kingdom.

Editorial

Toby M Maher. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021.

. 2021 Nov 1;204(9):1010-1011.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.202108-2007ED.

Toby M Maher^{1

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3}

¹ Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California.
² Interstitial Lung Disease Unit Royal Brompton Hospital London, United Kingdom.
³ National Heart and Lung Institute Imperial College London London, United Kingdom.

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Comment on

Small Airway Reduction and Fibrosis Is an Early Pathologic Feature of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
Ikezoe K, Hackett TL, Peterson S, Prins D, Hague CJ, Murphy D, LeDoux S, Chu F, Xu F, Cooper JD, Tanabe N, Ryerson CJ, Paré PD, Coxson HO, Colby TV, Hogg JC, Vasilescu DM. Ikezoe K, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021 Nov 1;204(9):1048-1059. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202103-0585OC. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021. PMID: 34343057

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