The Gender-Age-Physiology (GAP) Index enhanced with KL-6 serum level for predicting disease progression in interstitial lung diseases (ILD).

F. Bonella (Essen, Germany), H. Balasz (Essen, Germany), E. Gottstein (Essen, Germany), D. Theegarten (Essen, Germany), U. Costabel (Essen, Germany), C. Taube (Essen, Germany)

Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – Predictive markers of progression in connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease and hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Disease area: Interstitial lung diseases

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