title: Primary ciliary dyskinesia as a cause of neonatal respiratory distress: implications for the neonatologist.
abstract: We report two cases of term infants who presented with prolonged respiratory distress, rhinitis, and situs inversus. A high index of suspicion led to the diagnosis of Kartagener Syndrome, which is a subgroup of primary ciliary dyskinesia, in the immediate neonatal period.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Tanzeema
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hossain
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Kappelman
authors.forename: Antonio R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Perez-Atayde
authors.forename: Gregory J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Kenneth M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Huttner
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Christou
mesh_terms: D002923:Cilia / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007619:Kartagener Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy