These findings raise interesting questions about the natural history and independence vs relatedness of these IIP patterns although, histologically, patterns of UIP and NSIP are generally distinct and ...

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Tissue elasticity can be detected using a scanning acoustic microscope (SAM), whereby acoustic images are created from the speed of sound through tissues. This system discriminated pulmonary tissue ...

Older age, male sex, and seropositivity are linked to a higher risk for rheumatoid arthritis– interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) with a usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) pattern, while only ...