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Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: The dawn of a new era
 
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Editor-in-Chief Dept of Pneumonology, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
 
 
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Demosthenes Bouros   

Dept. of Pneumonology, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece
 
 
Pneumon 2014;27(2):117-119
 
 
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