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Review the genetic basis, clinical presentation, diagnostic protocols, and management strategies for primary ciliary dyskinesia.

July 19, 2007Archives of Disease in ChildhoodOpen Access

Primary ciliary dyskinesia: current state of the art

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Review the genetic basis, clinical presentation, diagnostic protocols, and management strategies for primary ciliary dyskinesia.
Synthesized current clinical evidence and genetic discoveries across more than 250 ciliary proteins.
Evaluated screening and diagnostic modalities, including nasal nitric oxide, saccharin transit tests, light and electron microscopy, and cell culture.
Primary ciliary dyskinesia presents with recurrent respiratory infections and situs inversus in approximately 50% of cases, with broader phenotypes including polycystic liver and kidney disease.
Definitive diagnosis requires specialized electron microscopy and epithelial cell culture performed at centralized regional centers.
Therapeutic strategies remain largely unverified by primary ciliary dyskinesia trials and rely on protocols extrapolated from cystic fibrosis and suppurative lung disease.

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Clinical review outlines diagnostic pathways and therapeutic gaps in primary ciliary dyskinesia, highlighting the reliance on treatments adapted from cystic fibrosis.

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Bush et al. (2007) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a193ca1c05413006f58102a https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2006.096958

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Clinical review outlines diagnostic pathways and therapeutic gaps in primary ciliary dyskinesia, highlighting the reliance on treatments adapted from cystic fibrosis.

Primary ciliary dyskinesia: current state of the art

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Primary ciliary dyskinesia: current state of the art

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