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Primary ciliary dyskinesia.
Seminars in respiratory and critical care medicine - 1 Apr 2015
Lobo Jason, Zariwala Maimoona A, Noone Peadar G
Abstract excerpt
Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is an autosomal recessive disorder of cilia structure, function, and biogenesis leading to chronic infections of the respiratory tract, fertility problems, and disorders of organ laterality. The diagnosis can be challenging, using traditional tools such as characteristic clinical features, ciliary function, and ultrastructural defects and newer screening tools such as nasal nitric...
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