MEDICAL DICTIONARY
Primary ciliary dyskinesia: The immotile cilia syndrome , a condition in which poorly functioning cilia (hairlike projections from cells) in the respiratory tract contribute to retention of secretions and recurrent infection . The condition is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait and is due to mutation in one of several different genes located on chromosomes 5, 9 and 19. About half of patients have Kartagener syndrome ( bronchiectasis , sinusitis , and situs inversus in which the normal asymmetry of the body is partially or totally reversed).
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