Primary ciliary dyskinesia

Description

A rare, genetically heterogeneous, primarily respiratory disorder characterized by chronic upper and lower respiratory tract disease. Approximately half of the patients have an organ laterality defect (situs inversus totalis or situs ambiguus/heterotaxy).

Cell Lines

Link

For more information, please consult the corresponding entry in Orphanet* .

*Orphanet: an online rare disease and orphan drug data base. Copyright, INSERM 1999. Available on http://www.orpha.net.