PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Homolka, J.
TI  - Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a historical review
DP  - 1987 Dec 01
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 1003--1005
VI  - 137
IP  - 11
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/137/11/1003.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/137/11/1003.full
SO  - CMAJ1987 Dec 01; 137
AB  - Hamman and Rich are generally considered to have been the first to describe idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) as a new clinical and pathological entity. However, several earlier reports in the German-language literature described autopsy findings consistent with IPF from a contemporary point of view. The author discusses these and later reports in a review of the history, diagnosis and treatment of the disease.