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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-1-29
pubmed:abstractText
Using a microphoto-oscillographic technique the authors studied ciliary beating of nasal epithelial cells from 11 patients with the 'immotile cilia syndrome' (Kartagener's syndrome) and from normal controls. Ciliary motility was found in all patients, except one. Although the patients had a significantly reduced number of cells with motile cilia, one-third of all ciliated cells showed motility. The beating frequency was normal, but the motility pattern was highly abnormal, with a predominance of asynchronous motility in the patients. These results suggest that the lack of dynein arms in cilia in these patients only is partial and that direct observation of ciliated cells, obtained by gentle scraping on the nasal mucosa, may be a suitable screening test for early diagnosis of this syndrome.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0007-0971
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
74
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
239-44
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1980
pubmed:articleTitle
Ciliary motility in the 'immotile cilia syndrome'. First results of microphoto-oscillographic studies.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't