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==Overview==
==Overview==
Surgical biopsy is sufficient alone for UIP, but insufficient alone for NSIP. The only treatment that has been proven to prolong the survival is lung transplantation.<ref name="Walter-2006">{{Cite journal  | last1 = Walter | first1 = N. | last2 = Collard | first2 = HR. | last3 = King | first3 = TE. | title = Current perspectives on the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. | journal = Proc Am Thorac Soc | volume = 3 | issue = 4 | pages = 330-8 | month = Jun | year = 2006 | doi = 10.1513/pats.200602-016TK | PMID = 16738197 }}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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