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Childhood Interstitial Lung Disease in an Immunocompetent Patient Without Exposure
Childhood interstitial and diffuse lung disease (chILD) is a heterogeneous group of rare and chronic respiratory disorders with an estimated prevalence of 1.5 cases per million children aged 0-18 years. Various etiologies for chILD include but are not limited to systemic diseases, medications, expos...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8853930/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35198335 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22266 |
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author | Alharbi, Saleh A |
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description | Childhood interstitial and diffuse lung disease (chILD) is a heterogeneous group of rare and chronic respiratory disorders with an estimated prevalence of 1.5 cases per million children aged 0-18 years. Various etiologies for chILD include but are not limited to systemic diseases, medications, exposure to tobacco, metabolic disorders, and organ diseases. Presented is the case of an immunocompetent young girl who presented with symptoms of recurrent cough and clubbing and was found to have interstitial lung disease. |
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spelling | pubmed-88539302022-02-22 Childhood Interstitial Lung Disease in an Immunocompetent Patient Without Exposure Alharbi, Saleh A Cureus Pediatrics Childhood interstitial and diffuse lung disease (chILD) is a heterogeneous group of rare and chronic respiratory disorders with an estimated prevalence of 1.5 cases per million children aged 0-18 years. Various etiologies for chILD include but are not limited to systemic diseases, medications, exposure to tobacco, metabolic disorders, and organ diseases. Presented is the case of an immunocompetent young girl who presented with symptoms of recurrent cough and clubbing and was found to have interstitial lung disease. Cureus 2022-02-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8853930/ /pubmed/35198335 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22266 Text en Copyright © 2022, Alharbi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Pediatrics Alharbi, Saleh A Childhood Interstitial Lung Disease in an Immunocompetent Patient Without Exposure |
title | Childhood Interstitial Lung Disease in an Immunocompetent Patient Without Exposure |
title_full | Childhood Interstitial Lung Disease in an Immunocompetent Patient Without Exposure |
title_fullStr | Childhood Interstitial Lung Disease in an Immunocompetent Patient Without Exposure |
title_full_unstemmed | Childhood Interstitial Lung Disease in an Immunocompetent Patient Without Exposure |
title_short | Childhood Interstitial Lung Disease in an Immunocompetent Patient Without Exposure |
title_sort | childhood interstitial lung disease in an immunocompetent patient without exposure |
topic | Pediatrics |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8853930/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35198335 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22266 |
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