Absence of central microtubules and transposition in the ciliary apparatus of three siblings

Respiration

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 449-452

  Bautista Harris, G ^a   Julia Serda G ^a,b   Rodriguez De Castro F ^a   Santana Benitez, I ^a   Cabrera Navarro, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GRAN CANARIA DR NEGRÍN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bronchitis, chronic; Infertility; Primary ciliary diskinesia syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXONEME; BRONCHITIS; CASE REPORT; CILIARY DYSKINESIA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MICROTUBULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SIBLING;

EID: 0342955714     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029547     Document Type: Article

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