Serum Metalloproteinases 1 and 7 in the Diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Other Interstitial Pneumonias

Accurate diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) has important therapeutic and prognostic implications and would be greatly aided by reliable diagnostic biomarkers as IPF has sometimes overlapping features with other interstitial lung diseases (ILD).

Source: Respiratory Medicine CME - June 13, 2015 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: António Morais, Marília Beltrão, Oksana Sokhatska, Diogo Costa, Natalia Melo, Patricia Mota, Agostinho Marques, Luís Delgado Source Type: research