Immunosuppressive treatment is not a predictor of mortality after surgical lung biopsy for interstitial lung disease

Katarzyna Furrer (Basel, Switzerland), Katarzyna Furrer Wacker, Christian Nebiker, Lilian Junker, Simona Lazdinyte, Spasenija Savic, Katrin Hostettler, Desiree Schumann, Joerg Halter, Michael Tamm, Didier Lardinois

Source: International Congress 2016 – Sarcoidosis
Session: Sarcoidosis
Session type: Thematic Poster
Number: 835
Disease area: Interstitial lung diseases

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Katarzyna Furrer (Basel, Switzerland), Katarzyna Furrer Wacker, Christian Nebiker, Lilian Junker, Simona Lazdinyte, Spasenija Savic, Katrin Hostettler, Desiree Schumann, Joerg Halter, Michael Tamm, Didier Lardinois. Immunosuppressive treatment is not a predictor of mortality after surgical lung biopsy for interstitial lung disease. Eur Respir J 2016; 48: Suppl. 60, 835

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