The thoracic cage becomes flattened in the progression of pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis

Harada Taishi, Yoshida Yuji, Kitasato Yasuhiko, Tsuruta Nobuko, Wakamatsu Kentaro, Hirota Takako, Tanaka Makoto, Tashiro Naoki, Ishii Hiroshi, Shiraishi Motokimi, Fujita Masaki, Nagata Nobuhiko, Watanabe Kentaro

Source: Eur Respir Rev 2014; 23:263-266
Journal Issue: June

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