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SUBMITTER: Meeks M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1734555 | biostudies-other | 2000 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Meeks M M Walne A A Spiden S S Simpson H H Mussaffi-Georgy H H Hamam H D HD Fehaid E L EL Cheehab M M Al-Dabbagh M M Polak-Charcon S S Blau H H O'Rawe A A Mitchison H M HM Gardiner R M RM Chung E E
Journal of medical genetics 20000401 4
Primary ciliary dyskinesia is an autosomal recessive condition characterised by chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis, and subfertility. Situs inversus occurs in 50% of cases (Kartagener syndrome). It has an estimated incidence of 1 in 20 000 live births. The clinical phenotype is caused by defective ciliary function associated with a range of ultrastructural abnormalities including absent dynein arms, absent radial spokes, and disturbed ciliary orientation. The molecular genetic basis is unknown. A ...[more]