[Chronic bronchitis in children].
Current approaches to diagnosing in children a group of chronic lung diseases running with the symptoms of chronic bronchitis. Chronic bronchitis is demonstrated to be a major syndrome underlying the clinical manifestations of a number of chronic lung diseases, such as congenital malformations of the lung, chronic pneumonia, ciliary dyskinesia, immunodeficiencies running with the involvement of the lung, cystic fibrosis, etc. The paper shows it necessary to diagnose these conditions, by using various diagnostic studies (bronchological, immunological, biochemical, microbiological, etc.). Primary chronic bronchitis in childhood occurs rarely and it is diagnosed after excluding the above diseases.
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D001987:Bronchiectasis / Q000150:complications; D029481:Bronchitis, Chronic / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans