Changes in body weight reflect disease progression in pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis

Respir Med Res. 2023 Jun:83:100980. doi: 10.1016/j.resmer.2022.100980. Epub 2022 Nov 26.

Authors

Yoshiaki Kinoshita¹, Takuhide Utsunomiya¹, Yohei Koide¹, Kenji Wada¹, Yusuke Ueda¹, Yuji Yoshida¹, Hisako Kushima¹, Hiroshi Ishii²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital, Chikushino, Japan.
² Department of Respiratory Medicine, Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital, Chikushino, Japan. Electronic address: hishii@fukuoka-u.ac.jp.

PMID: 36563546
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmer.2022.100980

No abstract available

Keywords: Body mass index; Cachexia; Pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis; Weight loss.

MeSH terms

Body Weight
Disease Progression
Humans
Lung / diagnostic imaging
Lung / pathology
Pulmonary Fibrosis* / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Fibrosis* / pathology