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Diffuse parenchymal lung disease (DPLD), also known as interstitial lung disease, refers to a group of lung diseases, affecting the alveolar epithelium, pulmonary capillary endothelium, basement membrane, perivascular and perilymphatic tissues. The term DPLD is used to distinguish these diseases from obstructive airways diseases. Most types of DPLD involve fibrosis, but this is not essential; indeed fibrosis is often a later feature. Hence the term pulmonary fibrosis has fallen out of favor ...
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Resources
- American Lung Association
- Atlas of the Body: The Respiratory System -- Structure Detail (American Medical Association)
- Blood Gas Tests (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Pulmonary Fibrosis (National Institutes of Health)
- Flexible Bronchoscopy (American College of Chest Physicians) - Links to PDF File
- Glossary (Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis)
- How Do the Lungs Work? (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
- Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (Cleveland Clinic)
- Interstitial Lung Disease and Pulmonary Fibrosis (American Lung Association)
- IPF Research (Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- Oxygen Therapy (American Lung Association)
- Providing Support to Those in Need (Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis)
- Pulmonary Fibrosis (Medline Plus)
- Pulmonary Fibrosis (National Institutes of Health)
- Pulmonary Fibrosis (Cleveland Clinic)
- Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation (National Jewish Medical and Research Center)
- Radiography -- Chest (Chest X-ray) (Radiological Society of North America)
- Spirometry Testing (National Jewish Medical and Research Center)
- Symptoms and Diagnosis: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis)
- Treatment: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis)
- Understanding PFT's (Pulmonary Function Testing) (Alpha 1 Association)
- What You Can Do: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis)
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