Referring Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis to Transplant Centers

Dr. Francis Cordova, Medical Director of the Lung Transplantation Program at Temple University School of Medicine, gives some recommendations for referring patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis to a transplant center.

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Coalition for IPF

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