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Original Research

Smoking-Related Interstitial Fibrosis: Evidence of Radiologic Regression with Advancing Age and Smoking Cessation

Aurélie FabreDepartment of Histopathology, St Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin, IrelandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ann TreacyDepartment of Histopathology, Mater Private Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin7, Ireland
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Lisa P LavelleDepartment of Radiology, St Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin, Ireland
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Maciek NarskiDepartment of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, St Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin, Ireland
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Nazia FaheemDepartment of Histopathology, St Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin, Ireland
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David HealyDepartment of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, St Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin, Ireland
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Jonathan D. DoddDepartment of Radiology, St Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin, Ireland
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Michael P. KeaneDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, St Vincent's University Hospital and University College Dublin School of Medicine, Dublin, 4, Ireland
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James J. EganNational Lung Transplant Programme, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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Gilles JebrakService de pneumologie B et de transplantations pulmonaires, Hôpital Bichat, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Denis Diderot, Paris, France
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Hervé MalService de pneumologie B et de transplantations pulmonaires, Hôpital Bichat, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Denis Diderot, Paris, France
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Marcus W. ButlerDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, St Vincent's University Hospital and University College Dublin School of Medicine, Dublin, 4, Ireland
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Pages 603-609 | Received 29 Mar 2017, Accepted 08 Sep 2017, Published online: 18 Oct 2017

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