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Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia.
Clinics in chest medicine - 1 Sept 2016
Knowles Michael R, Zariwala Maimoona, Leigh Margaret
Abstract excerpt
Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a recessive genetically heterogeneous disorder of motile cilia with chronic otosinopulmonary disease and organ laterality defects in ∼50% of cases. The prevalence of PCD is difficult to determine. Recent diagnostic advances through measurement of nasal nitric oxide and genetic testing has allowed rigorous diagnoses and determination of a robust clinical phenotype, which...
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