Gene mutations in primary ciliary dyskinesia related to otitis media

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Mata, Manuel ^a,e,g   Milian, Lara ^a,b,f   Armengot, Miguel ^c,g   Carda, Carmen ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b Vaccine Research   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cilia; Ciliopathies; Gene mutations; Genetics; Kartagener syndrome; Otitis media; Primary ciliary dyskinesia

Indexed keywords

AXONEMAL DYNEIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEASE NEXIN;

CILIARY DYSKINESIA; CILIARY MOTILITY; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; KINETOSOME; MICROTUBULE; REVIEW; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; KARTAGENER SYNDROME; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AXONEMAL DYNEINS; CILIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; KARTAGENER SYNDROME; MUTATION; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION;

EID: 84896545347     PISSN: 15297322     EISSN: 15346315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-014-0420-1     Document Type: Review

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