Catalog
Disorders of surfactant metabolism
Link to WHO Definition
Disorders of surfactant metabolism – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1387730200
Primary interstitial lung disease specific to childhood due to pulmonary surfactant protein anomalies is a group of interstitial lung diseases (ILD) induced by genetic mutations disrupting surfactant function and gas exchange in the lung. The disorders caused by these mutations affect full-term infants and older children and exhibit considerable overlap in their clinical and histologic presentation