Abstract
Pulmonary fibrosis affects over 5 million people worldwide. Of the diseases associated with pulmonary fibrosis, the most frequently found are the idiopathic interstitial pneumonias; a range of disorders that include the inexorable progressive and invariably fatal condition idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
Publication information
Maher TM, Wells AU 'Lost in translation: from animal models of pulmonary fibrosis to human disease', Respirology 2009; 14: 915 – 916.