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Clinical causes of restrictive syndrome

Intrinsic causes for example	Extrinsic causes for example	Neuromuscular disease for example
interstitial fibrosis heart failure and lung edema pneumonia tuberculosis pulmonary fibrosis due to radiation or chemotherapy pneumothorax	kyphoscoliosis extreme obesity pregnancy space occupying lesion in abdomen pain	paralysis of one or both diaphragmatic domes muscular dystrophy poliomyelitis muscle weakness, e.g. due to malnutrition

See also:
Restrictive lung disease
Clinical causes of a restrictive syndrome
Confirming a restrictive disorder
Global causes of a small VC
Restrictive ventilatory defects in pediatrics

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