"Kartagener Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An autosomal recessive disorder characterized by a triad of DEXTROCARDIA; INFERTILITY; and SINUSITIS. The syndrome is caused by mutations of DYNEIN genes encoding motility proteins which are components of sperm tails, and CILIA in the respiratory and the reproductive tracts.
| Descriptor ID |
D007619
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C08.127.384.500 C08.200.531 C08.695.501 C09.150.531 C14.240.400.280.500 C14.280.400.280.500 C16.131.077.245.500.531 C16.131.240.400.280.500 C16.131.740.501 C16.131.810.250.500 C16.320.184.500.531 C16.320.480
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| Concept/Terms |
Kartagener Syndrome- Kartagener Syndrome
- Syndrome, Kartagener
- Kartagener's Syndrome
- Kartageners Syndrome
- Syndrome, Kartagener's
- Dextrocardia, Bronchiectasis, and Sinusitis
- Kartagener Triad
- Siewert Syndrome
- Syndrome, Siewert
- Ciliary Dyskinesia, Primary
- Dyskinesia, Primary Ciliary
- Kartagener's Triad
- Kartageners Triad
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Kartagener Syndrome" by people in Profiles.
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Hearing loss in children with primary ciliary dyskinesia. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2018 Jan; 104:161-165.
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Successful twin birth following blastocyst culture of embryos derived from the immotile ejaculated spermatozoa from a patient with primary ciliary dyskinesia: a case report. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2008 Sep-Oct; 25(9-10):437-43.
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Basic science catches up with Kartagener. Lancet. 1978 Oct 14; 2(8094):848-9.