Familial nasal acilia syndrome.
Mucociliary dysfunction can be caused by the absence of cilia or by abnormalities in their ultrastructure. A family in which some members were suffering from respiratory morbidity due to lack of cilia is described.
Soferman
R
R
Dana Children's Hospital, Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Ne'man
Z
Z
Livne
M
M
Avital
A
A
Spirer
Z
Z
D002923:Cilia; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004848:Epithelium / Q000002:abnormalities; D005260:Female; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009079:Mucociliary Clearance; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010375:Pedigree; D013577:Syndrome