Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis

Coalition announces partnership to advance national advocacy programs

Published in Patient Care Law Weekly, May 2nd, 2004

The Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis (CPF) announced that it has partnered with the National Coalition of Autoimmune Patient Groups (NCAPG) to broaden the CPF's national advocacy efforts on behalf of patients and families fighting idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and the healthcare professionals who treat them.

Published research shows a potential connection between certain types of autoimmune disease - such as rheumatoid arthritis, collagen vascular disease, and scleroderma - and pulmonary fibrosis. Patients with these autoimmune diseases have shown to be at increased risk of being afflicted by pulmonary fibrosis. For example, approximately 14% of IPF patients also...

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