title: [Chronic interstitial lung diseases in childhood--an overview].
abstract: The spectrum of chronic interstitial lung disease in children includes a large and heterogeneous group of rare disorders. This paper reviews these disorders by focussing on basic pathophysiological mechanisms, and by discussing the difficulties in the classification of these diseases. Diagnostic and therapeutic approaches are also listed. The overall prognosis is dubious and mortality remains high.
authors.affiliation: Klinische Abteilung für Pulmonologie und Allergologie, Univ.-Kinderklinik Graz.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Resch
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eber
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zach
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D011379:Prognosis; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000473:pathology