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[Primary ciliary dyskinesia. A new phenotypic variant].
Archivos de bronconeumologia - 1 Apr 2000
Carretero Gracia J A, Uliarte Ranea A, Martínez-Peñuela Virseda J M
Abstract excerpt
Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a genetic disorder characterized by the inability of ciliated structures to beat effectively. Clinical course includes recurrent sinus and ear infections, chronic or recurrent bronchitis and infertility in men. Although several phenotypes have been described, lung function deterioration secondary to bronchiectasis becomes severe only rarely. That upper airway tract infections...
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