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Novel compound heterozygous mutations of DNAH5 identified in a pediatric patient with Kartagener syndrome: case report and literature review.
BMC pulmonary medicine - 14 Aug 2021
Wang Lina, Zhao Xin, Liang Hang, Zhang Li, Li Chunyan, Li Deli, Meng Xiangfeng, Meng Fanzheng, Gao Mao
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Kartagener syndrome is a subtype of primary ciliary dyskinesia that may exhibit various symptoms including neonatal respiratory distress and frequent infections of the lung, sinus and middle ear because of the impaired function of motile cilia. In addition to typical symptoms of primary ciliary dyskinesia, patients with Kartagener syndrome also show situs inversus. It is an autosomal recessive...
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