Absence of early metabolic response assessed by 18F-FDG PET-CT after initiation of antifibrotic drugs in IPF patients.

B. Bondue (Brussels, Belgium), A. Castiaux (Brussels, Belgium), G. Van Simaeys (Brussels, Belgium), C. Mathey (Brussels, Belgium), F. Sherer (Gosselies, Belgium), D. Egrise (Brussels, Belgium), S. Lacroix (Brussels, Belgium), F. Huaux (Brussels, Belgium), G. Doumont (Gosselies, Belgium), S. Goldman (Brussels, Belgium)

Source: International Congress 2018 – News on the diagnosis of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia
Session: News on the diagnosis of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia
Session type: Thematic Poster
Number: 2918
Disease area: Interstitial lung diseases

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