TY - BOOK AU - Noha Hassan Okasha AU - Abir Zakaria Mohamed , AU - Hossam Hosny Masoad , AU - Mostafa Ibrahim Elshazly , TI - Assessment of endothelial dysfunction in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Noha Hassan Okasha , KW - Brachial artery flow mediated dilatation KW - Estimated pulmonary artery systolic pressure KW - IPF N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis; Issued also as CD N2 - IPF is defined as a specific form of chronic fibrosing interstitial pneurmonia limited to the lung, with the histopathology of UIP on surgical lung biopsy. Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is frequently seen in patients with IPF and is commonly include endothelial proliferation and medial hypertrophy that exceed those expected in the setting of hypoxia ER -