Usual Interstitial Pneumonia

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:disease
interstitial lung disease
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:UIP
gptkbp:affects lungs
gptkbp:associatedWith idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
connective tissue disease
gptkbp:characterizedBy fibroblastic foci
honeycomb lung
patchy interstitial fibrosis
gptkbp:diagnosedBy high-resolution CT
lung biopsy
gptkbp:firstDescribed 1960s
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
gptkbp:mortalityRate high
gptkbp:prognosis poor
gptkbp:riskFactor smoking
older age
gptkbp:symptom dry cough
progressive dyspnea
gptkbp:treatment lung transplantation
antifibrotic agents
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:UIP
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6