The diagnosis of primary ciliary dyskinesia is often confirmed with standard, albeit complex
and expensive, tests. In many cases, however, the diagnosis remains difficult despite the …

Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a hereditary disorder of mucociliary clearance causing
chronic upper and lower airways disease. We determined the number of patients with …

Interstitial lung disease in children (chILD) is rare, and most centres will only see a few
cases/year. There are numerous possible underlying diagnoses, with specific and non-specific …

There is increasing awareness of bronchiectasis in children and adolescents, a chronic
pulmonary disorder associated with poor quality of life for the child/adolescent and their parents, …

BACKGROUND: Impaired immune response to viral infections in atopic asthmatic patients
has been recently reported and debated. Whether this condition is present in childhood and …

Rationale: Epidemiologic studies have shown that, in atopic children, wheezing is more likely
to persist into adulthood, eventually becoming asthma, whereas it appears to resolve by …

Tracheomalacia and tracheobronchomalacia may be primary abnormalities of the large
airways or associated with a wide variety of congenital and acquired conditions. The evidence …

The European Respiratory Society Task Force on primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) in
children recently published recommendations for diagnosis and management. This paper …

Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2002; 81: 99-103. © Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2002 Background.
Aims of this study were to investigate whether hepatitis C virus infection influences the …

Background Children’s interstitial lung diseases (chILD) cover many rare entities, frequently
not diagnosed or studied in detail. There is a great need for specialised advice and for …