Usual Interstitial Pneumonia Preceding Collagen Vascular Disease: A Retrospective Case Control Study of Patients Initially Diagnosed with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Masato Kono; Yutaro Nakamura; Noriyuki Enomoto; Dai Hashimoto; Tomoyuki Fujisawa; Naoki Inui; Masato Maekawa; Takafumi Suda; Thomas V. Colby; Kingo Chida

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0094775

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Usual Interstitial Pneumonia Preceding Collagen Vascular Disease: A Retrospective Case Control Study of Patients Initially Diagnosed with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Masato Kono,

Affiliations Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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Yutaro Nakamura ,

* E-mail: nakayuta@hama-med.ac.jp

Affiliation Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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Noriyuki Enomoto,

Affiliation Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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Dai Hashimoto,

Affiliation Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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Tomoyuki Fujisawa,

Affiliation Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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Naoki Inui,

Affiliation Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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Masato Maekawa,

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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Takafumi Suda,

Affiliation Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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Thomas V. Colby,

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona, United Sates of America
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Kingo Chida

Affiliation Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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Usual Interstitial Pneumonia Preceding Collagen Vascular Disease: A Retrospective Case Control Study of Patients Initially Diagnosed with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Masato Kono,
Yutaro Nakamura,
Noriyuki Enomoto,
Dai Hashimoto,
Tomoyuki Fujisawa,
Naoki Inui,
Masato Maekawa,
Takafumi Suda,
Thomas V. Colby,
Kingo Chida

Published: April 15, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094775

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