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This review highlights 2023 advances in interstitial lung disease (ILD) mechanisms, diagnosis, and treatment. Key findings cover idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, sarcoidosis, and progressive pulmonary fibrosis, including new guidelines and data.

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