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SUBMITTER: Olm MAK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6582273 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Olm Mary Anne Kowal MAK Marson Fernando Augusto Lima FAL Athanazio Rodrigo Abensur RA Nakagawa Naomi Kondo NK Macchione Mariangela M Loges Niki Tomas NT Omran Heymut H Rached Samia Zahi SZ Bertuzzo Carmen Sílvia CS Stelmach Rafael R Saldiva Paulo Hilário Nascimento PHN Ribeiro José Dirceu JD Jones Marcus Herbert MH Mauad Thais T
Scientific reports 20190618 1
Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) is underdiagnosed in Brazil. We enrolled patients from an adult service of Bronchiectasis over a two-year period in a cross-sectional study. The inclusion criteria were laterality disorders (LD), cough with recurrent infections and the exclusion of other causes of bronchiectasis. Patients underwent at least two of the following tests: nasal nitric oxide, ciliary movement and analysis of ciliary immunofluorescence, and genetic tests (31 PCD genes + CFTR gene). The ...[more]