title: [Changes in the structure of the cilia of the ciliated epithelium of the bronchi in Kartagener's syndrome in children].
abstract: Biopsies of bronchial mucous membrane taken from 4 children with Kartagener's syndrome and 10 children with chronic pneumonia were examined electron microscopically. Structural changes in cilia and apical parts of cells are detected in all patients with Kartagener's syndrome. Cilial changes provoked by chronic inflammatory process are shown. The importance of ultrastructural investigations of bronchial mucous membrane cilia in the understanding of pathogenesis of chronic lung conditions in children is underlined.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001980:Bronchi / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D001987:Bronchiectasis / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D002923:Cilia / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D007619:Kartagener Syndrome / Q000473:pathology*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Izmeneniia stroeniia resnichek mertsatel'nogo épiteliia bronkhov pri sindrome Kartatenera u deteĭ.