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Restrictive lung diseases are characterized by reduced lung volumes, either because of an alteration in lung parenchyma or because of a disease of the pleura, chest wall, or neuromuscular apparatus.
Some conditions causing restrictive lung disease are: 1  Interstitial lung disease, such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. 2  Sarcoidosis, an autoimmune disease. 3  Obesity, including obesity hypoventilation syndrome. 4  Scoliosis. 5  Neuromuscular disease, such as muscular dystrophy or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).