How to identify rare diseases of the respiratory system

Introduction

“…The book is structured into thematic sections, with significant overlap between some of the sections. The first two chapters provide an overview of how to identify rare diseases of the respiratory system and their differential diagnosis [2,3]. The sections that follow cover rare diseases of the lung interstitium [4][5][6][7], rare diseases of the airways or alveoli [8][9][10][11][12][13], and rare pulmonary vascular diseases [14][15][16][17].…”

Preface

“…The book is structured into thematic sections, with significant overlap between some of the sections. The first two chapters provide an overview of how to identify rare diseases of the respiratory system and their differential diagnosis [2,3]. The sections that follow cover rare diseases of the lung interstitium [4][5][6][7], rare diseases of the airways or alveoli [8][9][10][11][12][13], and rare pulmonary vascular diseases [14][15][16][17].…”