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EDITORIAL
Current therapy of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: primum non noccere!
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Dept of Pneumonology, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Corresponding author
Demosthenes Bouros
Dept Pneumonology Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace Alexandroupolis 68100
Dept Pneumonology Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace Alexandroupolis 68100
Pneumon 2012;25(3):259-261
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