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SUBMITTER: Deng S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7298131 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Deng Sheng S Wu Shan S Xia Hong H Xiong Wei W Deng Xiong X Liao Junxi J Deng Hao H Yuan Lamei L
Bioscience reports 20200601 6
Kartagener syndrome (KS), a subtype of primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD), is characterized by bronchiectasis, chronic sinusitis, male infertility and situs inversus. KS is a genetically heterogeneous disease that is inherited in an autosomal recessive form; however, X-linked inheritance has also been reported. As of this writing [late 2020], at least 34 loci, most of which have known genes, have been reported in the literature as associating with KS. In the present study, we identified a frame sh ...[more]