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What is the definition or description of: interstitial lung disease?
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See below: These are a group of diseases of the lung tissue that are caused from some type of insult, such as smoking, medications, auto-immune disease. They can be idiopathic as well. Some respond by removing the offending issue, such as stopping a medication. Some really have no known cure.
Answered 8/12/2018
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