Katsuhiro Yoshimura, Masato Kono, Yasunori Enomoto, Koji Nishimoto, Yoshiyuki Oyama, Hideki Yasui, Hironao Hozumi, Masato Karayama, Yuzo Suzuki, Kazuki Furuhashi, Noriyuki Enomoto, Tomoyuki Fujisawa, Yutaro Nakamura, Naoki Inui, Hiromitsu Sumikawa, Takeshi Johkoh, Thomas V Colby, Haruhiko Sugimura, Takafumi Suda
BACKGROUND: Interstitial lung diseases are heterogeneous, and patients with chronic fibrosing interstitial pneumonia (CFIP) often have clinical, serologic, and morphologic features suggestive but not diagnostic of connective tissue disease. Recently, the concept of interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features (IPAF) has been proposed as a platform for such patients. However, the prognostic role of IPAF, including the cumulative incidence of acute exacerbations (AEs), is not fully clear...
April 2018: Respiratory Medicine