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Bardet Biedl syndrome: motile ciliary phenotype.
Chest - 1 Mar 2015
Shoemark Amelia, Dixon Mellisa, Beales Philip L, Hogg Claire L
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BACKGROUND: Cilia line the surface of the respiratory tract and beat in a coordinated wave to protect the lungs against infection. Bardet Biedl Syndrome (BBS) is a rare condition attributed to cilia dysfunction. Murine models of BBS suggest a respiratory phenotype; however, no reports have studie...
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