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Respiratory Tract Diseases > Lung Diseases > Lung Diseases, Interstitial

Preferred term

Lung Diseases, Interstitial  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease
  • Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Diseases
  • Interstitial Lung Disease
  • Interstitial Lung Diseases
  • Lung Disease, Interstitial

Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics

Scope note

  • A diverse group of lung diseases that affect the lung parenchyma. They are characterized by an initial inflammation of PULMONARY ALVEOLI that extends to the interstitium and beyond leading to diffuse PULMONARY FIBROSIS. Interstitial lung diseases are classified by their etiology (known or unknown causes), and radiological-pathological features.

History note

  • 94; was LUNG DISEASE, INTERSTITIAL see PULMONARY FIBROSIS 1985-93; PNEUMONITIS, INTERSTITIAL was see PULMONARY FIBROSIS 1985-93; PNEUMONIA, INTERSTITIAL was see under PULMONARY FIBROSIS 1963-74, was see PULMONARY FIBROSIS 1975-93

In other languages

  • interstitiaaliset keuhkosairaudet

    Finnish

  • interstitiaaliset keuhkotaudit
  • interstitiell pneumoni UNS
  • morbus interstitialis pulmonum non specificatus
  • määrittämätön interstitiaalinen keuhkosairaus
  • ospecificerad interstitiell lungsjukdom
  • pneumonia interstitialis NAS
  • tarkemmin määrittämätön interstitiaalinen keuhkokuume
  • Lungsjukdomar, interstitiella

    Swedish

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017563

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