Open AccessKartagener’s syndrome: A case report
Author(s) -
Djordje Tausan,
Andjelka Ristić,
Biljana Zvezdin
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
vojnosanitetski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2406-0720
pISSN - 0042-8450
DOI - 10.2298/vsp141020072t
Subject(s) - medicine , pectus excavatum , sinusitis , asthma , kartagener syndrome , prednisolone , productive cough , lung , bronchiectasis , pediatrics , surgery , primary ciliary dyskinesia
Kartagener’s syndrome is a recessive autosomal disease which is mainly seen to affect ciliary movement. The symptoms of the syndrome are the consequence of the defective motility of the cilia found in the respiratory tract and that results with recurrent lung infections caused by mucus stasis in the bronchi.
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