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Conditions caused by abnormal CILIA movement in the body, usually causing KARTAGENER SYNDROME, chronic respiratory disorders, chronic SINUSITIS, and chronic OTITIS. Abnormal ciliary beating is likely due to defects in any of the 200 plus ciliary proteins, such as missing motor enzyme DYNEIN arms.
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- Ciliary Dyskinesia
- Ciliary Dyskinesias
- Ciliary Motility Disorder
- Disorder, Ciliary Motility
- Dyskinesia, Ciliary
- Ciliary Dyskinesia, Primary
- Immotile Cilia Syndrome
- Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia
- Dyskinesia, Primary Ciliary
- Immotile Cilia Syndromes
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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1984; for Ciliary Dyskinesia, Primary use Kartagener Syndrome 2014-2018
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- Cilia (1966-1983)
- Kartagener Triad (1966-1983)
- Nasal Mucosa (1966-1983)
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- National Library of Medicine. Ciliary Motility Disorders. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002925. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002925
- Ciliary Motility Disorders. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_ciliary_dyskinesia
- Ciliary Motility Disorders. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1690779