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Pulmonary Fibrosis Predisposition Overview

Christine Kim Garcia  1 , Janet L Talbert  2
Margaret P Adam, Jerry Feldman, Ghayda M Mirzaa, Roberta A Pagon, Stephanie E Wallace, Anne Amemiya
, editors.
In: GeneReviews® [Internet]. Seattle (WA): University of Washington, Seattle; 1993.
[updated ].
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Pulmonary Fibrosis Predisposition Overview

Christine Kim Garcia et al.
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The purpose of this overview is to:

  1. 1

    Briefly describe the clinical characteristics of pulmonary fibrosis.

  2. 2

    Review genetic causes of pulmonary fibrosis.

  3. 3

    Review the differential diagnosis of pulmonary fibrosis.

  4. 4

    Provide an evaluation strategy to identify the genetic cause of pulmonary fibrosis in a proband.

  5. 5

    Review management of pulmonary fibrosis.

  6. 6

    Inform genetic counseling of family members of an individual with a genetic predisposition to pulmonary fibrosis.

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