ScienceDaily: Test could predict which idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients will become severely ill

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Test could predict which idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients will become

severely ill

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100203121546.htm

A simple blood test could predict which patients with the lung-scarring disease

known as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are soon to get far worse, an

indicator that could one day influence their treatment, according to

researchers. Their findings indicate that the body's immune cells attack healthy

lung tissue, suggesting that IPF is in fact an immunologic disease.

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