Prognostic impact of typical and probable usual interstitial pneumonia pattern in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: is the debate about biopsy a Star Wars saga?
- 9 April 2020
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by European Respiratory Society (ERS) in European Respiratory Journal
- Vol. 55 (4), 2000590
- https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.00590-2020
Abstract
The debate about the benefit of performing a surgical lung biopsy in patients with the probable UIP pattern needs every case to be viewed on an individual basis. This editorial attempts to bring some clarity to treating physicians and confused patients. http://bit.ly/2Qk517rThis publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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