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IPAF: Interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features. A new entity?
 
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Thoracic Medicine, University Hospital , University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
 
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Molecular and Cellular Pneumonology Laboratory, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
 
 
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Aikaterini Antoniou   

Department of Respiratoty Medicine, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece
 
 
Pneumon 2017;30(1):14-16
 
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