Sentences with phrase «including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis»

Fibrosing interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) are a group of devastating diseases that have an unfavorable outcome, including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).

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Human diseases that include dyskeratosis congenita, aplastic anemia, and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis have been genetically linked to mutations that negatively affect telomerase activity and / or accelerate the loss of telomere length.

April 17, 2013 Gene study helps understand pulmonary fibrosis A new study looking at the genomes of more than 1,500 patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a rare and devastating lung disease, found multiple genetic associations with the disease, including one gene variant that was linked to an increase in the risk of death.