Idiopathic interstitial pulmonary fibrosis: Difference between revisions

 
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**IPF = idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
**IPF = idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
**UIP = usual interstitial pneumonitis
**UIP = usual interstitial pneumonitis
**DIP = desquamative interstitital pneumonitis
**DIP = desquamative interstitial pneumonitis
**NSIP = nonspecific interstitial pneumonitis
**NSIP = nonspecific interstitial pneumonitis
**AIP = acute interstitial pnemonitis
**AIP = acute interstitial pneumonitis
**idiopathic fibrosing alveolitis
**idiopathic fibrosing alveolitis
*But it does NOT include:  [[Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP, cryptogenic organizing pneumonia  (COP))]]
*But it does NOT include:  [[Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP, cryptogenic organizing pneumonia  (COP))]]