Published in:
01-05-2008 | Review
New perspectives in imaging interstitial lung disease in children
Author:
Alan S. Brody
Published in:
Pediatric Radiology
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Special Issue 2/2008
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Excerpt
A number of factors have limited our understanding of childhood interstitial lung disease (chILD). ChILD is a rare entity, with an incidence of approximately 0.36/100,000 [
1], less than 1/200 of the incidence of adult interstitial lung disease. ChILD includes a group of poorly understood disease entities. There has been reluctance to perform lung biopsies in frequently ill children, limiting the pathologic data available. …