title: Familial idiopathic fibrosing alveolitis.
abstract: Case reports of two sisters with idiopathic fibrosing alveolitis are presented. On the basis of reports in the literature it seems that developmental anomalies and immunopathological changes occur more frequently in familial fibrosing alveolitis than in the general population.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010375:Pedigree; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000235:genetics*