Disease progression in patients with usual interstitial pneumonia and probable UIP patterns on computed tomography

Shuqiao Yang1,2, Jing Wang1,2, Di Sun1,3

  • 1Clinical Center for Interstitial Lung Diseases, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.

Frontiers in Medicine
|October 30, 2023
PubMed
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