From anti-inflammatory drugs through antifibrotic agents to lung transplantation: a long road of research, clinical attempts, and failures in the treatment of idiopathic …

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Nevertheless, it is generally thought that IPF patients surviving lung transplantation achieve
not only a considerable improvement in lung function but also a substantial improvement in
most dimensions of health-related quality of life, in either single or bilateral lung
transplantation. 10, 11 In this context, many lung transplant programs have emerged, and …