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. 2024 Jan 11;29(2):105–135. doi: 10.1111/resp.14656

TABLE 6.

Features suggestive of shortened telomeres in a patient with pulmonary fibrosis.

Positive family history of ILD
Age of diagnosis under 50 years
Nail dystrophy
Premature hair greying (before 25 years)
Personal or family history of full blood count abnormalities (macrocytosis, thrombocytopenia)
Personal or family history of unexplained liver disease

Abbreviation: ILD, interstitial lung disease.