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Genetic causes of bronchiectasis: primary ciliary dyskinesia.
Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases - 1 Jan 2007
Morillas Hilda N, Zariwala Maimoona, Knowles Michael R
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Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a genetically heterogeneous disorder reflecting abnormalities in the structure and function of motile cilia and flagella, causing impairment of mucociliary clearance, left-right body asymmetry, and sperm motility. Clinical manifestations include respiratory distress in term neonates, recurrent otosinopulmonary infections, bronchiectasis, situs inversus and/or heterotaxy, and...
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