Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 6 , Pages 927-931 , June 2009

Role of diabetes mellitus and gastro-oesophageal reflux in the aetiology of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Received 7 August 2008 ,Accepted 6 November 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2008.11.001

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 6 , Pages 927-931 , June 2009

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