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Pirfenidone for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: could it be a panacea?
 
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Department of Thoracic Medicine, Medical School, University of Crete
 
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Department of Pneumonology, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace
 
 
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Demosthenes Bouros   

Dept of Pneumonology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis Alexandroupolis, Greece, 68100
 
 
Pneumon 2011;24(4):352-354
 
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