restrictive lung disease

restrictive lung disease
a general term comprising pulmonary diseases characterized by decreased total lung capacity, including those caused by disorders affecting the chest wall (e.g., poliomyelitis and scoliosis), and those caused by infiltrative interstitial diseases, such as adult respiratory distress syndrome.

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