title: Pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis from a consecutive database: a rare disease entity?
authors.affiliation: Dept of Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai City, Japan.
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakatani
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai City, Japan.
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai City, Japan Dept of Pathology, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai City, Japan.
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kitaichi
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai City, Japan Dept of Radiology, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai City, Japan.
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akira
authors.affiliation: Dept of Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai City, Japan Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai City, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazunobu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tachibana
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai City, Japan.
authors.forename: Chikatoshi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.affiliation: Dept of Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai City, Japan.
authors.forename: Aya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hirooka
authors.affiliation: Dept of Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai City, Japan.
authors.forename: Taisuke
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.affiliation: Dept of Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai City, Japan.
authors.forename: Shojiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Minomo
authors.affiliation: Dept of Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai City, Japan.
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai City, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshikazu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inoue
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D016208:Databases, Factual; D018450:Disease Progression; D004547:Elastic Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods