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American Lung Association
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Supported Diseases
Acute respiratory distress syndrome
Synonyms: ARDS, Acute lung injury, ALI, Adult respiratory distress syndrome, Respiratory distress syndrome, adult, Increased-permeability pulmonary edema, Non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema, Shock lung, Stiff lung

Asthma

Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia
Synonyms: BOOP, Constrictive bronchiolitis, Organizing pneumonia

Byssinosis
Synonyms: Monday morning fever

Coccidioidomycosis
Synonyms: Coccidiosis, San Joaquin fever, Valley fever, Coccidioides immitis infection

Congenital lobar emphysema
Synonyms: CLE, Emphysema, congenital lobar

Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia
Synonyms: COP, Idiopathic bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia, Idiopathic BOOP

Cystic fibrosis
Synonyms: Mucoviscidosis, CF

Diffuse panbronchiolitis
Synonyms: Panbronchiolitis, diffuse, PBLT, DPB

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
Synonyms: HPS, Hantavirus, Hantavirus-associated respiratory distress syndrome, HARDS, Four corners hantavirus

Interstitial lung disease
Synonyms: ILD

Lung adenocarcinoma

Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
Synonyms: LAM, Lymphangio-myomatosis

Malignant mesothelioma
Synonyms: Mesothelioma, malignant

Nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease
Synonyms: Non-tuberculous mycobacterial lung disease, Pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection

Primary ciliary dyskinesia
Synonyms: Ciliary dyskinesia primary, Polynesian bronchiectasis, Immotile cilia syndrome, ICS

Sarcoidosis
Synonyms: Sarcoid of Boeck, Schaumann's disease

SARS
Synonyms: Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Silicosis
Synonyms: Chronic silicosis, Accelerated silicosis, Acute silicosis, Experimental silicosis

Sudden infant death syndrome
Synonyms: SIDS

Yellow nail syndrome
Synonyms: Lymphedema with yellow nails, YNS

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