title: Forced vital capacity as a primary end point in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis treatment trials: making a silk purse from a sow's ear.
authors.forename: Athol U
authors.initials: AU
authors.lastname: Wells
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D054990:Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011379:Prognosis; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014797:Vital Capacity