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Therapeutic protocol for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
 
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1st Department of Pneumonology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
 
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2nd Department of Pneumonology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
 
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Department of Pneumonology, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
 
 
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Demosthenes Bouros   

Hospital for Diseases of the Chest “SOTIRIA”, Messogion 152, Athens 11527, Greece
 
 
Pneumon 2014;27(4):287-288
 
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