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The effect of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease on mucociliary clearance.
European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery - 1 May 2023
Kara İrfan, Öztürk İlyas, Doğaner Adem, Yıldız Muhammed Gazi, Güzel Fatma Betül, Kılıç Ahmet, Orhan İsrafil, Altınören Orçun
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is a renal disease with genetic transmisson. Mutations in the PKD1 and PKD2 genes, which encode integral membrane proteins of the cilia of primary renal tubule epithelial cells, are seen in ADPKD. The aim of this study was to evaluate the sinonasal epithelium, which is epithelium with cilia, by measuring the nasal mucociliary clearance time, and to...
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