The objective of the study was to estimate the prevalence and incidence of interstitial lung
diseases (ILDs) in Seine-Saint-Denis, a multi-ethnic county of Greater Paris, France …

INTRODUCTION: Few data are available on the epidemiology of interstitial lung diseases
(ILDs), especially after the current classification of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias. The aim …

Few published studies have compared epidemiological data on the prevalence, incidence
or relative frequency of the different interstitial lung diseases. In this review, the data of such …

Summary Introduction Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) form a heterogeneous group of
diseases with varying degrees of inflammation and fibrosis. Epidemiological data based on …

Background The spectrum of interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) have mainly been reported
from the developed countries; data from developing countries is sparse and conflicting. The …

Background Current data on incidence of interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) are sparse and
concerns about an increasing trend have been raised. We examined incidence rates (IRs) of …

Introduction There is very few data on the epidemiological features of interstitial lung
diseases (ILD) in the literature. These studies on this subject suffer from limited number of …

Rationale: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a heterogeneous group of acute and chronic
inflammatory and fibrotic lung diseases. Existing ILD registries have had variable findings …

There are limited epidemiologic studies describing the global burden and geographic
heterogeneity of interstitial lung disease (ILD) subtypes. We found that among seventeen …

BACKGROUND: There are relatively few epidemiological studies on interstitial lung disease
(ILD) worldwide. OBJECTIVE: To report the incident cases of ILD and compare our data with …