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Kartagener Syndrome: A Rare Genetic Disorder

open access: yesJournal of Nepal Medical Association, 2009
Kartagener Syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder consisting of triad of sinusitis, bronchiectasis and situs inversus with dextrocardia. It is the subset of disorder called primary ciliary dyskinesia in which the cilia have abnormal structure ...
Kunjan Shakya
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Multiple system atrophy in a patient with primary ciliary dyskinesia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
We present the case of a patient with primary ciliary dyskinesia who later developed clinically probable multiple system atrophy. Multiple system atrophy is a sporadic neurodegenerative disorder clinically characterised by various combinations of ...
Siti Ayuni Binti Zakyudin
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Use of ciliogenesis in the diagnosis of primary ciliary dyskinesia in a dog. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Primary ciliary dyskinesia is a congenital condition that may cause chronic rhinitis and bronchopneumonia. Primary ciliary dyskinesia may be diagnosed by induction of ciliogenesis by use of in vitro cell culture.
Jorissen, M   +13 more
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Chapter 12. Primary ciliary dyskinesia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is an autosomal recessive disease with an incidence estimated between 1:2,000 and 1:40,000. Ciliated epithelia line the airways, nasal and sinus cavities, Eustachian tube and fallopian tubes.
Walker, W.T.   +7 more
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Definition of sinonasal and otological exacerbation in patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia: an expert consensus

open access: yesERJ Open Research
Background Recurrent infections of the nose, sinuses and ears are common problems for people with primary ciliary dyskinesia. While pulmonary exacerbations in primary ciliary dyskinesia are defined, there is no definition for ear-nose-throat ...
Myrofora Goutaki   +24 more
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LRRC6 mutation causes primary ciliary dyskinesia with dynein arm defects.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
Despite recent progress in defining the ciliome, the genetic basis for many cases of primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) remains elusive. We evaluated five children from two unrelated, consanguineous Palestinian families who had PCD with typical clinical ...
Amjad Horani   +11 more
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Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia: A Clinical Review

open access: yesCells
Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare, genetically heterogeneous, motile ciliopathy, characterized by neonatal respiratory distress, recurrent upper and lower respiratory tract infections, subfertility, and laterality defects.
Katherine A. Despotes   +3 more
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EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT IN PATIENT WITH A PRIMARY CILIARY DYSKINESIA (KARTAGENER SYNDROME): CASE REPORT

open access: yesАрхивъ внутренней медицины, 2018
Primary ciliar dyskinesia is а rare orphan disease known for its multiple and variable symptoms caused by the marked genetic heterogenity beyond. As per the abundant symptoms in pediatric patients, a frequent inflammatory diseases of both upper and lower
I. V. Rybakova   +4 more
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Beyond bacteria and breaking the norm: Pulmonary mucormycosis due to in a child with primary ciliary dyskinesia

open access: yesJournal of International Medical Research
Primary ciliary dyskinesia is a rare autosomal recessive disorder that impairs mucociliary clearance and predisposes children to chronic respiratory infections. Invasive fungal infections caused by Lichtheimia (Absidia) corymbifera are typically confined
Abdulrahman O Alghamdi   +10 more
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Changing epidemiology of non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis

open access: yesThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2016
Non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis again becomes a major health problem due to inappropriate antibiotic use and increasing frequency of protracted bacterial bronchitis. The aim was to determine the changes in etiology of bronchiectasis.
Semiha Bahçeci   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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