1. Diagnostic algorithm for Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia: recommendations of the French National Centre for Rare Respiratory Diseases
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Aline Tamalet, Jean-François Papon, Sylvain Blanchon, Nicole Beydon, Annick Clement, Estelle Escudier, and L. Bassinet
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Infertility ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Poster Presentation ,otorhinolaryngologic diseases ,medicine ,Practical algorithm ,Cell Biology ,Disease ,Biology ,medicine.disease ,Intensive care medicine ,Bioinformatics ,Primary ciliary dyskinesia - Abstract
Background Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) is a inherited disorder characterized by abnormal ciliary structure/function, responsible for impaired muco-ciliary transport and infertility. The diagnosis is often delayed for several years though PCD is a rare (~1/20,000) and heterogeneous disease. We elaborated recommendations aiming at improving the quality and efficacy of PCD diagnosis. Methods A multicentric working group, created in 2009 within the French National Centre for Rare Respiratory Diseases, elaborated precise and practical algorithm for PCD diagnosis, based on their experience and the recent literature. It includes adults and paediatric physicians, biologists and technicians involved in PCD, dealing since many years with the difficulties to confirm this diagnosis.
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- 2012
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