Paikea = important mythic Maori ancestor of the East Coast tribes, especially the Ngati Porou tribe, of New Zealand's North Island. Various legends say he came from Hawaiki to Aotearoa [New Zealand], riding on the back of a taniwha [whale].
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive disease isolated to the lung. It is a type of interstitial lung disease, which is a group of 200 diseases with similar symptoms but different causes. In IPF, lung tissue becomes scarred.
Of these disorders, the two entities that have provoked most discussion and debate are idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF; as currently defined with a usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) pattern of pathology) and nonâspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP). There are two key reasons for this.