Clinical care for primary ciliary dyskinesia: current challenges and future directions.

Abstract excerpt

Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare genetic disease that affects the motility of cilia, leading to impaired mucociliary clearance. It is estimated that the vast majority of patients with PCD have not been diagnosed as such, providing a major obstacle to delivering appropriate care. Challenges in diagnosing PCD include lack of disease-specific symptoms and absence of a single, "gold standard", diagnostic...

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• Genetic Predisposition to Disease
• Kartagener Syndrome
• Phenotype
• Predictive Value of Tests
• Prognosis