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EDITORIAL
Pirfenidone in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
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2nd Pneumonology Department, “Attikon” University Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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1st Pneumonology Department, “Sotiria” Chest Diseases Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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7th Pneumonology Department, “Sotiria” Chest Diseases Hospital, Athens, Greece
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6th Pneumonology Department, “Sotiria” Chest Diseases Hospital, Athens, Greece
Corresponding author
Spyros A Papiris
2nd Pneumonology Dept “Attikon” University Hospital, 1 Rimini Street 12462, Haidari, Greece
2nd Pneumonology Dept “Attikon” University Hospital, 1 Rimini Street 12462, Haidari, Greece
Pneumon 2012;25(2):145–147
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