title: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a historical review.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 1st Lung Department, Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Homolka
mesh_terms: D049671:History, 18th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000266:history / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*