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Genetics of Pulmonary fibrosis. John A. Belperio, M.D. UCLA School of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Genetics of Pulmonary fibrosis. Exclude collagen vascular disease. Exclude occupational disease. Exclude medications associated with pulmonary fibrosis.
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Genetics of Pulmonary fibrosis John A. Belperio, M.D. UCLA School of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Genetics of Pulmonary fibrosis Exclude collagen vascular disease Exclude occupational disease Exclude medications associated with pulmonary fibrosis Clustering of pulmonary fibrosis seen in families IPF seen in separately raised monozygotic twins IPF seen in more than two generations in several studies, and in several father son pairs