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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a serious disease with unknown cause and the influence of cytokine gene polymorphisms is presumed in the etiology and pathogenesis of the disease. We used high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) as a marker of disease stage and progression and compared the alveolar and interstitial score with IL-1, IL-4, IL-12, IL-1RA and IL-4RA cytokine gene polymorphisms.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Respiratory Diseases, 1st Medical School, Charles University, University Thomayer Hospital, Videnska 800, 140 59 Prague 4, Czech Republic. tichadohoda@volny.cz
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