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Primary ciliary dyskinesia: Diagnosis in children with inconclusive ultrastructural evaluation
1 Oct 2001
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this study was to distinguish between acquired and genetically determined ciliary abnormalities in children with severe chronic respiratory diseases. Samples of nasal ciliated epithelium from 50 subjects (25 male, 25 female; age-range 2-19 years) with severe chronic respiratory diseases were examined using transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Based on TEM findings, patients were divided into two...
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