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What are the symptoms of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?
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Shortness of breath: Slowly progressive shortness of breath, chest discomfort, cough with exercise, declining exercise capacity. At advanced stages weight loss leg swelling frank chest pain simulating angina.
Answered 9/1/2018
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