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Diagnosis is challenging because presentation frequently overlaps with common neonatal respiratory conditions, and classification in neonates remains particularly difficult.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To describe the clinical characteristics, genetic spectrum, and outcomes of neonatal-onset childhood interstitial lung disease (chILD), with a focus on etiology-related differences in clinical presentation between surfactant dysfunction disorders and other chILD subtypes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This retrospective study included 14 patients with neonatal-onset chILD diagnosed between 2019 and 2025. Patients underwent a standardized evaluation protocol and were stratified by surfactant dysfunction mutation status to explore etiology-related differences in clinical presentation and outcome.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Fourteen patients were included (50% male; 42.9% consanguineous; 50% premature). Pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants were identified in 7\/14 patients (50%), most commonly in\n                      <jats:italic>ABCA3<\/jats:italic>\n                      (21.4%) and\n                      <jats:italic>NKX2-1<\/jats:italic>\n                      (14.3%). Patients with surfactant dysfunction mutations presented earlier (symptom onset &amp;lt;24\u2005h in 100% vs. 77.8%) and required higher peak oxygen support (median FiO\u2082 100% vs. 55%), whereas those with other etiologies had a longer but less fatal course. Pulmonary hypertension was present in 42.9%. Mortality was 21.4% after a median follow-up of 36 months.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In this small cohort, surfactant dysfunction disorders showed numerically earlier symptom onset, higher oxygen requirements, and higher mortality compared with other etiologies, although between-group differences did not reach statistical significance. 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