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Proceedings of the 2nd BEAT-PCD conference and 3rd PCD training school: part 1
Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare heterogenous condition that causes progressive suppurative lung disease, chronic rhinosinusitis, chronic otitis media, infertility and abnormal situs.
Florian Halbeisen +23 more
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Pulmonary Infection Related to Mimivirus in Patient with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia
Primary ciliary dyskinesia is a rare autosomal recessive disorder that causes oto-sino-pulmonary disease. We report a case of pulmonary infection related to mimivirus in a 10-year-old boy with primary ciliary dyskinesia that was identified using ...
Fatemeh Sakhaee +4 more
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Living with primary ciliary dyskinesia: a prospective qualitative study of knowledge sharing, symptom concealment, embarrassment, mistrust, and stigma [PDF]
Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a chronic respiratory disease for which there is little psycho-social research and no qualitative studies of individuals living with the condition.
Whalley Simon +5 more
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Background Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare genetic disorder characterised by pulmonary, otological and sino-nasal manifestations. Well-defined clinical outcome measures are needed in such rare diseases research to improve follow-up and ...
Mihaela Alexandru +8 more
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Introduction Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare inherited disease associated with impairment of mucociliary transport and, consequently, with a high incidence of chronic rhinosinusitis.
Diogo Barreto Plantier +5 more
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Background The QOL-PCD questionnaire is a recently developed Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) instrument for Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia. The aim of this study was to translate the adult QOL-PCD questionnaire into Greek language and to conduct ...
Phivos Ioannou +11 more
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Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia in Amish Communities [PDF]
Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is an autosomal recessive multigenic disease that results in impaired mucociliary clearance. We have diagnosed 9 subjects with primary ciliary dyskinesia from geographically dispersed Amish communities, based on clinical ...
Bowcock, Anne M. +11 more
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Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Registry [PDF]
Introduction:Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare genetic disease that is estimated to occur in about 1 in 15,000 people. A patient registry is a well-known tool for collecting a sufficient number of patients with a rare disease to evaluate and ...
Mohammadreza Modaresi +2 more
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Diagnosis of primary ciliary dyskinesia: summary of the ERS Task Force report [PDF]
KEY POINTS Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a genetically and clinically heterogeneous disease characterised by abnormal motile ciliary function.There is no "gold standard" diagnostic test for PCD.The European Respiratory Society (ERS) Task Force ...
Lucas, Jane S +5 more
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Expression of nitric oxide synthases in primary ciliary dyskinesia. [PDF]
International audienceNitric oxide is believed to play a central role in nonspecific defense of upper airways. Patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia have very low concentration of nasal nitric oxide, which may contribute to the chronic upper airway ...
Jean-François Arnal +9 more
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